Following the internet for up-to-date news and stories http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html This copywriting supervisor at an ad agency has some terrific insight into how to focus on the needs of the employer. After all when they are sorting out candidates for a job they ask, "what are we going to gain from this transaction?" http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Askmen.com provides some tips on how to negotiate. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html More than a few of Sunoasis readers will get some valuable knowlege about how to write for a living in the piece. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html This is not the same job market as when you entered college and requires a fine-tuning of your strategy. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Some decent tips on how-not to mess up a query letter to a literary agent. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Mother Earth News carries an article about the "economics of self-publishing" for those who have the aspiration. 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And, according to the story in the Seattle Times, "This "demographic tsunami" has no precedent..." http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html I notice a lot of "freelance real estate writer" ads around. It is a hot subject so you might want to read this interview with real estate reporters from a variety of newsrooms. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Publishing Trends is out with a whimsical survey of publishing professionals. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Are you stymied by the gatekeepers, esp. of the electronic kind when applying for jobs? http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html If you are an editor or want to be a "frontline editor" this is the place to be. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Enjoy this interview with a published children's writer. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html The fate of journalists is different in different parts of the world. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Read the excellent summary of the recent Periodical Publishers Association meeting. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Do you aspire to write for TV or the movies? 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If you have any ideas of what is truly a wonder in journalism you can choose from categories like Documents, People, Institutions. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Know how to work a job fair! It will increase your potency in the game of networking. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html It says that 61% of ad and marketing executives plan on expanding staffs. I'm sure that includes copywriters. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html The Motley Fool has advice about how to prepare for layoffs by doing sensible things. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html "Networking is about being nice." Nice and smart one might add in knowing how you can help others achieve their goals. A network is built to add value to every point on it. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html There are 10 of them according to this article. He explains what they are and how to fix them. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html In this terrific meditation on newspapers, journalism, and the changes taking place Rachel Buchanan, an Australian journalist and media professor, looks at her decades of experience in Australian newspapers and how things have changed. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Sunoasis is seeing a lot of freelance blogging jobs. If you are a writer can you make a money writing blogs? http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Students of journalism and communications, along with teachers, should read this analysis of "encouraging entrepreneurship in the newsroom." http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html More on the editorial outsourcing front. According to the European Journalism Centre, the New Zealand Herald plans to outsource editorial and production jobs. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html It's always good to review the infamous "resume." http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html The story of Media News Group consolidating union and non-union newsrooms in the East Bay Area... http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Should freelance writers do the deed for free? http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html I'm a magazine aficionado. http://www.sunoasis.com/jobblog.html Here are some tips on how to run a freelance business. http://de.essortment.com/freelancewritin_rswh.htm I've noticed a lot of demand recently for freelance writers to write PR releases. These tips should do the trick! http://okok.essortment.com/writingpressre_rcyn.htm The freelance writer is admired by young people in China. I think Yuan Shunhua, commercial photographer, has the system down! http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200707/20070717/article_323554.htm Students are always curious what it takes to become an editor. In promoting the idea of more minority editors, this article in Diverse gives some insight into preparing for an editor's career. http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_8549.shtml Jack Shafer, of Slate, speculates on what downsizing will do to newspapers. He makes the case that it doesn't have to be all bad.. http://www.slate.com/id/2169763/ Read the account of interns at a daily newspaper. http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/07/09/is-anyone-going-into-journalism-anymore/ Read the account of interns at a daily newspaper. http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/07/09/is-anyone-going-into-journalism-anymore/ The Committee to Protect Journalists has come out with a report that shows that hundreds of journalists have had to flee their homelands since 2001 for fear of getting whacked and other harassments. http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2007/Exiles/exiles_07.html The Public Eye has compiled the 10 best quotes about journalism. It oddly leaves out the best one, "...to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/07/03/publiceye/entry3013288.shtml