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My First Year as a Journalist: Real-World Stories from America's Newspaper and Magazine Journalists (First Year Career Series) [Paperback]

Dianne Selditch (Author), Diane Selditch (Editor)
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First Year Career Series April 1995
A collection of personal accounts describes the first jobs of such high-level journalists as Helen Thomas, the dean of White House correspondents, and Betsy Carter, the executive editor of Harper's Bazaar magazine. Simultaneous.

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  • Paperback: 186 pages
  • Publisher: Walker & Company (April 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802774261
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802774262
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,746,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!, October 30, 2005
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Monica Catherine "monica-081" (Orlando, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My First Year as a Journalist: Real-World Stories from America's Newspaper and Magazine Journalists (First Year Career Series) (Paperback)
This book is wonderful for those who are in journalism school (undergrad and grad) looking for advice from successful journalists. You won't recognize any of the contributors necessarily (no Woodward, for instance), but that's partly what makes it so good. It has honest and exciting examples.

In this book you'll notice that there seems to be a trend from where the contributors have worked and graduated: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Orlando Sentinel, etc. Perhaps the author called upon some friends to write entries for the book? However that doesn't seem to matter, since the experiences of each journalist vary widely and each have something unique to tell.

The 22 inspirational entries were written by several types of journalists; most were reporters, some were editors, but they all started at the bottom. Since reporting can be a difficult field to break into, discouragement can creep up relatively easily. Cue this book. While searching for your first journalism job read one of these entries per day. (I've scribbled notes all over my own copy.) Not only will it keep your motivation up, you'll learn tips and tricks along the way!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, January 2, 2005
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D. Kesmodel (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is filled with rich, detailed stories on journalists' rookie years in the newsroom.
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