Career coach Mary Ann Hogan offers advice on how to get started in a wide-ranging beat such as health, energy or religion.

Can a reporter adequately cover her community if she lives an hour away from it? Career Coach Mary Ann Hogan replies.

A reporter gets a new beat and discovers just how much he’s going to miss the old one. The coach talks him through his loss.

An editor expects the copy that reaches her desk to conform to AP style. She’s not out of line, as Coach Mary Ann Hogan tells a Scholar.

The editor wants to edit the reporter’s story outside the newsroom. How should the reporter respond? Coach Mary Ann Hogan advises.

Lots of journalists move into government positions, but can you move from government back into journalism? A Scholar asks the coach that question.

If you suspect a source is being sexually abused, should you tell the authorities? Coach Mary Ann Hogan weighs in.

A Scholar asks the coach how to write using an authoritative voice.

CQS career coach Mary Ann Hogan tells how to prepare for the future of news when no one really knows what that future holds.

Post-graduation plans are a toss-up for one Scholar, who wonders what the best path is for a journalist to follow.