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• Scholar Charles Pulliam: Telling a Tornado Tale in Joplin

  Sirens still sounded constantly when I arrived. Ambulances and other emergency vehicles sped past and over down power lines and tree branches. Numb to the noise, survivors sifting what was left of their homes didn’t even give the piercing sounds a second thought.

• Ask the Recruiter: Leave a Newspaper Job for a Startup?

  Ask the Recruiter
  Q. I’ve been a reporter at a daily newspaper for seven months and I really like my job. My bosses are great mentors and I’ve been learning a lot. I’m also a recent graduate. Before I graduated, I applied for a position with a start-up that appears to be really innovative and is [...]

• “Journalist at Heart” Reflects on Bin Laden’s Killing

  Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, in more than a hundred internship interviews, I asked journalism students how the attacks had affected their career plans.

• Ask the Recruiter: Dust Off Your Old Clips

  I want to go back to reporting, but trip over the fact that my clips are all pretty old. The ones I’ve written more recently are all about the work the school is doing and are more like press releases than stories.

• OurChinatown Mobile News Network Serves Its Community

  One of the newest ideas to bubble up in the effervescent New York City media market is a site with a tight focus and a wide reach.

• Muslim Woman Leads ACLU Fight for Quran-Burning Pastor’s Right to Condemn Islam

  Story and photos by Joe Grimm
  When a Quran-burning Florida pastor traveled to Dearborn, Mich., to denounce Islam at North America’s largest Muslim center, he found a fierce defender of his First Amendment rights.
  She is a member of the religion that Terry Jones demonizes, and she has lived in Dearborn since her family moved there [...]

• If Something Seems Fishy in Your Newsroom, Consult a Code of Ethics

  Q. I’m a TV reporter in a large market.
  Recently, I was sent on an assignment—a news feature—at a local school. The story idea came from a newsroom manager whose relative was part of the class I was covering.

• Write A Great Business Thank-You Note and Be Remembered

  Write a great business thank-you note and be remembered

• Louis Aguilar’s Multimedia Story Began At NAHJ Conference

  The first of about a hundred minority journalism conventions I attended was the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in 1991. I didn’t know what to expect. But I did know that a Mexican-American journalism senior at Wayne State University was about to graduate and should be there.

• UNITY: Journalists of Color Makes A Difference For All Journalists

  That whooshing sound you heard this week was not just the air going out of the UNITY: Journalists of Color coalition. It was a collective gasp.