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What’s in a brand? A tronc (Tronc) by any other name …
Perhaps I’m the last person who should make fun of Tribune’s renaming its company tronc. But that won’t stop me. I named Project Unbolt. I proudly worked for TBD. I let my CEO change my title from...
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Tips for helping your career through promotion
This continues my series on professional networking. If you don’t think promotion should be part of journalism, I understand. I did little to nothing to promote myself or my work in the first 20-plus...
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Professional networks should be diverse
This continues my series on professional networking. One of the most offensive, discriminatory terms of the professional world is “the old boy network.” I’ve blogged all week about the value of...
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How networking built my training and consulting business
Guest-speaking at Northern Kentucky University, 2012 This continues a series on professional networking. I don’t think I ever advertised my services as a journalism trainer. But my professional network...
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How networking helped land most of my jobs
This continues my series on professional networking. I credit my skills and hard work for most of the success I’ve achieved professionally. But my professional network has helped tremendously, too. In...
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Tips for building a helpful professional network
A few recent experiences have underscored the value of networking. I’ve seen student or professional journalists launch or advance their careers in part because of their strong professional networks....
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Do you need ‘superpowers’ to work in journalism? No, but …
Image linked from BrutallyHonest.org A journalist doesn’t need superpowers. But if you excel in a particular skill that’s in short supply, you won’t be one of those journalists whining about pay. Or if...
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Lessons from losing and finding jobs: Melanie Coulson, Kim Fox (and me + others)
Two years ago I left the newsroom. Here are Four Lessons from Losing a Journalism Job https://t.co/eQwW6S2CbJ #cdnmedia — melanie coulson (@mel_coulson) February 11, 2016 I wish journalists weren’t...
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What is your advice for job-hunting journalists?
I led a webinar Wednesday for the Society of Professional Journalists on job-hunting for journalists (but non-journos are welcome, too): FREE SPJ webinar: Job hunting for journalists, 7/29, with...
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Lessons from a decade at the Omaha World-Herald
An interview with Mikhail Gorbachev was one of many memorable stories for the Omaha World-Herald. Photo by Kent Sievers. I left the Omaha World-Herald for the second time 10 years ago. After sharing...
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Lessons from my time at the Cedar Rapids Gazette
I can’t believe it’s been five years since I left Iowa. In some ways, my adventure at the Cedar Rapids Gazette seems like it was only a year or two ago. In other ways, it seems a lifetime ago. But it...
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Mark Briggs: Side projects can advance your career
Mark Briggs If you want to give your career a boost, I can’t think of better advice than Mark Briggs gives in a Quill magazine article to work on side projects. I encourage reading Mark’s Quill piece...
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Prepare for your next job hunt while you’re still working
You can’t wait until you need a job to position yourself for the job hunt. Yesterday I posted some advice on looking for a job in journalism when you lose your job. Today I’m making the point that your...
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Job-hunting tips: Spread the word, network, be patient and persistent
My own job-hunting experience, along with occasional hiring experience, continues to give me firsthand perspective on hunting for jobs in today’s journalism marketplace. Updating posts from 2010 and...
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Advice on hunting for a journalism job (and handling being fired)
I’ve rounded up some of my links to help with job-hunting and dealing with being fired. Most of these links won’t be a huge help to my Thunderdome colleagues because they already have excellent...
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How does a young journalist network with distant veterans?
In one of the emails wishing me success in my job search came some questions from a young reporter. I enjoy few thing more here than answering journalists’ questions, and I much prefer that to writing...
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Why journalists should use Twitter: When you’re fired, it helps with...
For much of my first five or six years on Twitter, I tried to convince other journalists of its value. I’d assure them that you didn’t have to tweet about what you had for breakfast and that it really...
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My keynote for student media leaders: You will shape journalism’s future
I’m a keynote speaker at the Journalism, Leadership and Management Conference for student media leaders this weekend at the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University. I was asked to talk...
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Career-development links for American University grad students
I will be a panelist today for an American University Career Center program for graduate students in the School of Communication. I am collecting some of my career-advice blog posts here to share with...
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Matt Thompson advises job-seekers how to land a journalism gig
Matt Thompson Some of my most popular posts here have offered advice on how to find and land a job in journalism. So I thought I should point out that Matt Thompson has offered great advice on this...
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