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Student Stories: From CUNY to the Wall Street Journal

Student Stories: From CUNY to the Wall Street Journal

Posted 07 April 2010 | By Maya Pope-Chappelle | Categories: General, Student Stories | No Comments

After sending out countless cover letters, resumes, and emails trying to get a lead on a job, in early March I finally got an offer that will serve as the start of the career I had in mind when I came to graduate school.  Defying the odds of a bad economy and what some would [...]

Student Stories: From Box Score Beat to Sports Illustrated

Student Stories: From Box Score Beat to Sports Illustrated

Posted 09 March 2010 | By Collin Orcutt | Categories: General, Student Stories | No Comments

At the beginning of February, I began a job at Sports Illustrated’s website SI.com as part of their new video team. I chalk this up to a small miracle (and a possible mistake in HR), but the people here at Digital News Journalist don’t seem to buy into my aberration theory. They asked me to [...]

The Sunset Park also rises: Lessons of a newbie blogger

The Sunset Park also rises: Lessons of a newbie blogger

Posted 02 March 2010 | By Lisa Riordan | Categories: Future of Journalism, Hyperlocal, Student Stories, blogging | No Comments

So you want to start a blog? I’ve learned quite a bit since starting Sunset Park Chronicled six months ago. Certain questions that plague the startup entrepreneurial journalist or blogger were easy to answer. It was a “hyperlocal” blog, so I had an audience—the neighborhood. Few news outlets cover this part of Brooklyn, and there [...]