 |
 |
|||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Since becoming the Detroit Free Press' recruiter in 1990, my work and the journalism industry have changed in unexpected ways. The transformation is rapid. One benefit is that I now learn from and help other Gannett recruiters. NewsRecruiter.com is a hub site that helps keep everything organized. It tells you what I am up to, it links to my latest work and it is a test site for new projects. My best ideas have always come from you, so please write.
>more bio >resume 
• Mondays: Cuppa Joe  • Tuesdays: News Job Café • Wednesdays: J-Schools • Thursdays: Job Hacks • Fridays: Apply With Care This is a test |
Patch: Now Hiring
August 23, 2010 6:40 PM With the launch of the 100th Patch site in Morristown, N.J., on Aug. 17, AOL said it was on track to hire more journalists than anyone else in 2010. Since the announcement, a new Patch has opened up pretty much every day.
We have lost a lot of reporting muscle at several levels, from the very local to high-end investigative, and if Patch.com has a plan to restore some of that, I'm on board. Patch sites tend to be community-centric news sites in towns around big cities. Coverage is the responsibility of a local editor who lives inside of or very close to that town and who will file multimedia reports. Sites should have something fresh several times a day. I am helping Patch.com find great candidates. If you want to know more, email me at joe.grimm@patch.com. Read comment(s) or leave a comment Journalism That Matters, Detroit Style March 31, 2010 11:05 PM <p>I am looking forward to the Journalism That Matters conference to be held at Wayne State University in Detroit June 3-6, 2010.
It seems that some of the best ideas come out when we are working with people who have a whole different frame of reference. Watch the conference's Web site to see how the roster grows and evolves. The program will not appear to be extensive because many sessions are proposed on the spot by the people attending. Read comment(s) or leave a comment Visiting Knight Digital Media Center March 21, 2010 12:24 AM I am looking forward to the Knight Digital Media Center's March workshop on entrepreneurial journalism. There are some old friends in the group and the content looks good. The workshop is on point, given next week's cover story in TIME magazine about where the jobs are. Bottom line? Most jobs are created by people who start small companies -- not by hiring by large, established companies. It seems that, if journalists are going to find work, one avenue is going to have to be to invent it themselves. That's a hard row to hoe, as we are trying to replace some high-paying jobs with startup ventures of our own. Read comment(s) or leave a comment |
 The Best of Ask the Recruiter: Thousands of journalists Poynter Online looking for answers to career questions. How do you get ahead? What should you ask in an interview? Or insist on in a salary negotiation? What is the future for news media? The best have gone into this book. Each chapter contains an essay by a guest recruiter or journalist with experience in newspapers, TV, radio, online or academia. So, through the questions of your inquisitive peers, get a recruiter's eye view of managing your career. >Buy it
 Breaking In is the insider's guide to landing — and acing — your newspaper internship. These are your strategies for applying, interviewing, succeeding and then using your newspaper internship to launch your career. This book is based on the www.JobsPage.com Web site, which Detroit Free Press Recruiting and Development Editor Joe Grimm created as a strategy guide to newspaper careers. Twenty news recruiters, editors and journalists have contributed to the book. >Buy it
 Bringing the News Century-old postcards celebrate newsies in photographs and artwork, in groups or singly, black and white or color. The newsboys -- and girls, as well as a few adults -- are always portrayed in hard-knock ways. Feet and calves are sometimes bare. Patches cling to elbows and knees. They cover their heads with stocking caps or the floppy hats we still know as "newsboys." If there is inside you a scrappy, survive-by-your-wits newsie, you'll enjoy this collection of cards and carriers bringing news in old-fashioned ways. (Twenty-five images.) >Buy it
|
