The Post
Tomorrow night I start my new job as a reporter for The New York Post. My role will be as a “runner,” which is basically an on-call breaking news reporter. It’s different from what I have been doing for the past year at… Continue reading →
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Best cover letter ever
Hunter S. Thompsons 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job ”As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck… Continue reading →
Not moving anytime soon
I casually mentioned to Kate today that the Bangor Daily News was hiring and maybe we should move back to Maine. Here’s how the conversation went down: (I have no plans to move or leave my job, by the way. But if… Continue reading →
Employed! At last!
After three months roaming the media wilderness, foraging for whatever scraps I could find and undergoing what can only be described as a harrowing, existential nightmare wherein I questioned my very will and ability to be a journalist, I’m proud to announce I am finally… Continue reading →
What I should have said at the #ONANYC meetup: Hire Me
A moment of panic hit me at the end of the first meetup of the Online News Association’s New York City group. The presenter, Aleeda, was wrapping up the event. She asked if anyone was hiring. Cynthia from the New York Times stood up and… Continue reading →