I like my newsroom and the reporting I get to do, but I feel that our push to online takes away from the quality of our stories.

I know that scrappy young journalists should be willing to work anywhere. But as an LGBT journalist of color, I know there are some parts of the country (and the world, for that matter) where I would not feel comfortable living, some newsrooms where I couldn’t be “out.” What to do?

Some recruiters tell me to send blog entries as clips. I have a few that I’m proud of, but I fear that their lighter, informal tone could irritate an editor.

What advice do you have for newsroom staffers whose jobs are secure, but who are emotionally torn up by what’s happening around them?

Yea! Here’s my first solo audio slideshow (well, OK, almost solo…), produced during the second Summer 08 Chips Quinn multimedia training in Nashville under the inspired guidance of Val, Quincy and Anne.