- Stay informed what's going on currently in world.
- Know who important people are in the field.
- AP Style guide is life.
- Don't be passive. In life and in writing
- Always teach self new things
- Think outside the box
- Get experience while in school
- Try not to work for free
- Build own brand and style
- Remain objective
- Learn different types of multimedia
- Learn to tell stories in different ways using ^
- Go after every different kind of experience possible
- Ask Questions for fuck's sake
- Take different kinds of classes outside comfort level
- Take magazine writing class
- Go to as many speeches and events pertaining to industry as possible to mingle and network
- Don't miss deadlines
- Be open to all sides of journalism
- Have backup plan
- Stay ethical and professional
- Make every single word count
- Know subject matter of what you're writing about. Durr
- Use all senses
- Don't ask two questions at once when interviewing
- Ask for credibility
- Record and take notes
- Bigfoot=Celebrated columnists or "biggie" has total editorial freedom
- "How do you keep it fresh?" "You wake up in the morning. Every day is a new beginning"
- We have access to more people than we think
- "Have a significant change in career ever 2 years or less, and must be bette than current job"-Personal philosophy of Bruce McLaughlan
- Any degree has value. It shows following through something difficult until completion.
- News that impacts you is the most important news of the day.
- The squeaky wheel is the one that gets the grease
- News is everywhere
- You can make something out of nothing
- Never ever ever ever wait until the last minute prepare to write a story are you fucking nuts?
- Never assume anything
- Check first references
- Get both sides of the story
- ASAP is the deadline
- Photo gallery should be laid out in way to tell story
- Important to have communicative relationship with many people (not what you now but who you know)
- Honesty important in cultivating relationships (no shit)
- Remember people's names
- Ask permission if taking picture at private place
- Go in with a list of questions, but if your only asking those questions the whole time, you're not doing your job.
- Find a lot of people until you get someone good.
- Be more thorough than the bitch next to you by ASKING. EXTRA. QUESTIONS.
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