Job_Offer_Filter: I'm a struggling freelance writer trying to (someday) break into the pr/communications field. I've just been offered a staff writer position at a small local newspaper. Does accepting the job inch me closer to my desired field? Or just burden me with a ton of unmarketable experience? [more inside]
posted by sureshot on Nov 23, 2009 - 11 answers

Please link me to famous and/or great journalism pieces. [more inside]
posted by Nonce on May 12, 2009 - 12 answers

Is it better publicity to write an article, or to be a quoted expert in someone else's article? [more inside]
posted by arielmeadow on Jan 22, 2008 - 13 answers

What is the daily cost to print a nationally distributed newspaper, like the NYT or WSJ? [more inside]
posted by PandemicSoul on Oct 14, 2007 - 4 answers

Who decides what's news? [more inside]
posted by ibmcginty on Sep 20, 2007 - 14 answers

how many newspapers write their own national and world news? [more inside]
posted by petsounds on Sep 11, 2006 - 12 answers

Why do US newspaper headlines regularly omit the word "and" and replace it with a comma, such as "Convergence of Driver, Bicyclist Ends in Arrest" taken from a current Front Page Post. UK newspapers do not do this. Is it purely a space saving mechanism, or is there a stylistic thing going on?
posted by jontyjago on Jul 4, 2005 - 31 answers