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ziasudraI went to this "How to Land a Job in Journalism" workshop today. Excellent talk. It was full of tips like how to write a cover letter, how to behave in an interview, how to use one's connections to land an assignment, etc.
One of the main items addressed at the workshop was blogging. How to get noticed by maintaining a good blog. How to write intelligently on issues that would garner mass interest. How to use blog entries as writing samples for those who don't have clips. And lots more other things. Great tips.
The thing is, though, I'm not ambitious. I often feel like I'm the least ambitious person I know. I've been a part of many great projects before, and most of them materialized not because I wanted my accomplishments to turn into a latest addition into my résumé, but because at the time I was accosted... ooh, shiny!
Same thing with blogging. I've had this LJ account for a while now, and I have a xanga for even longer. But as much as I'm aware that blogging can be a short-cut ticket to journalistic success, it's just not my thing. I came on LJ and I met some great friends. Some of you are RL friends, some I've reconnected with since we lost touch after high school or college. It's the sense of community that's kept me playing in LJ. My occasional intelligent posts were written exactly how I wrote my pointless, meme-filled posts—because I felt like it.
After the workshop, I talked with the other joint-NES student in my program (if you recall, there are only two of us in my year). We were both feeling neither here nor there. How essential is busting your chops off working for free in order to get clips when one of us wants to become a copyeditor of some sort, and the other is entertaining thoughts of applying to PhD programs in Turkish studies?
But it was an excellent workshop. I just wish I don't feel like such a chameleon when hopping between my two departments.
One of the main items addressed at the workshop was blogging. How to get noticed by maintaining a good blog. How to write intelligently on issues that would garner mass interest. How to use blog entries as writing samples for those who don't have clips. And lots more other things. Great tips.
The thing is, though, I'm not ambitious. I often feel like I'm the least ambitious person I know. I've been a part of many great projects before, and most of them materialized not because I wanted my accomplishments to turn into a latest addition into my résumé, but because at the time I was accosted... ooh, shiny!
Same thing with blogging. I've had this LJ account for a while now, and I have a xanga for even longer. But as much as I'm aware that blogging can be a short-cut ticket to journalistic success, it's just not my thing. I came on LJ and I met some great friends. Some of you are RL friends, some I've reconnected with since we lost touch after high school or college. It's the sense of community that's kept me playing in LJ. My occasional intelligent posts were written exactly how I wrote my pointless, meme-filled posts—because I felt like it.
After the workshop, I talked with the other joint-NES student in my program (if you recall, there are only two of us in my year). We were both feeling neither here nor there. How essential is busting your chops off working for free in order to get clips when one of us wants to become a copyeditor of some sort, and the other is entertaining thoughts of applying to PhD programs in Turkish studies?
But it was an excellent workshop. I just wish I don't feel like such a chameleon when hopping between my two departments.
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Date: 2006-03-07 09:50 pm (UTC)ahh lucky you. hope you had TONS of fun!!!!
hey read my post and tell me what you think i should do please?
thx!!
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Date: 2006-03-08 09:49 pm (UTC)ah my incoherent comments...
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Date: 2006-03-08 10:08 pm (UTC)I actually know a lot of people with xangas, but just like you, I somehow prefer LJ. And I'm here now, so I'm not about to move!