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A CAREER GUIDE Produced by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc Journalist’s The Road to SuccessA CAREER GUIDE produced by The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. INTRODUCTION elcome to our revised and updated career guide, “The Journalist’s Road to WSuccess.” We first began offering this publication in 1962. Since then, some 750,000 copies have been distributed to high school and college students as well as newspaper advisers and guidance counselors around the country. Thanks to a generous grant from Elizabeth M. Steele, we were able to produce 10,000 copies of this new publication, which, for up to four copies, is available free of charge to interested students and teachers. For copies, write to us at: Dow Jones Newspaper Fund/ attn: Journalist’s Road to Success/PO Box 300/Princeton, NJ 08543-0300. Or, send us an email at: newsfund.dowjones.com, with Road to Success in the subject line. For five copies or more, the cost is $2 per copy, to cover postage and handling. The publication is designed to be used in conjunction with our website—http:// djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com. Once at the website, click on “publications,” then on “schools and scholarships.” From there, you’ll be able to navigate around dozens of sites offering scholarships and hundreds of schools offering degrees in journalism and mass communications. Among the highlights in this edition: question asked frequently by high school students is: “Do I need to go to a A journalism school if I want to become a journalist?” The answer is: Maybe, and maybe not. On the one hand, we have an article by Bill Elsen, a retired director of Richard S. Holden, recruiting and hiring at The Washington Post who argues that there are many paths to a Executive Director, journalism career. On the other hand, Marie Hardin, a professor of journalism at Penn Dow Jones Newspaper State University, suggests that journalism professors can offer advice that might not be Fund, Inc. found elsewhere; Ken Hall, vice president/news of the Ottaway Newspapers Inc. subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co., makes a persuasive pitch for the role that community journalism plays in our society. You’ll find that the circulation size of a newspaper has no bearing on the publication’s quality. Fairness, accuracy and objectivity don’t determine how many papers are sold every day. Good journalism is good journalism, regardless of the name, and some of the best journalism in the country is produced at what many would regard as “small” newspapers; Joe Grimm, the recruiting and development editor at the Detroit Free Press, has a national reputation as one of the best sources of information for students interested in careers in journalism. He shares his thoughts on the importance of internships; Also in this edition we have for the first time an article in Spanish, accompanied by an English translation, about the new opportunities for bilingual journalists in the fast- growing Spanish-language press. Gilbert Bailon, publisher and editor of Al Dia in Dallas, offers tips to those students attracted by this sector of the media. These are only a few samples of the articles contained in this publication. We encour- age you—whether students, teachers or advisers—to read this information and provide comments and feedback to us. While we can’t guarantee “success” in your career, we are confident that this publica- tion will put you on the right path. Cover photos by Andrew Loehman of the University of Texas at Austin, Steven Dearinger of Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kan.) and Eric Gay of the Associated Press. A Career GUIDE The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. Copyright ©2005 Contents About the Newspaper Fund 4 Newspaper Fund Programs 5 SPJ Code of Ethics 6 Why Ethics Are Important 7 The Journalist's Mission 7 An Overview of Careers 8 The Big Story: Diversity 9 Journalism Schools--Yes 10 Journalism Schools--No 11 Why Internships Are Essential 12 Applying for a Newspaper Job 13 Before the Job Interview 14 When the Phone Rings 15 Careers in Online Journalism 15 How to Construct a Résumé 16 Sample Résumé 17 Spanish-Language Newspapers 18 Careers in Editing 19 Effective Visual Journalism 20 Importance of Community Journalism 21 Professional Organizations 22 THE NEWSPAPER FUND HE NEWSPAPER FUND was created tronically. WSJ.com was founded in 1995. It is Tin 1958 by then-Dow Jones & Co. chair- the largest paid circulation subscription site on the man Bernard Kilgore to encourage young people entire World Wide Web with more than 725,000 to consider careers in journalism. The Dow Jones paid subscribers. The Dow Jones Newswires grew Foundation continues to provide the primary sup- from the Dow Jones News Service, which has port for the Newspaper Fund, along with contri- been the leading electronic provider of compre- butions from other newspapers and newspaper hensive business and stock markets news to the companies nationwide. securities industry for more than 100 years; Dow Dow Jones & Company publishes the world’s Jones Interactive, an on-line business news and most vital business and financial news and infor- research service, provides access to more than P.O. Box 300 mation. The company’s flagship publication, 6,000 sources. Princeton, NJ The Wall Street Journal, is the leading global Dow Jones produces news and information 08543-0300 newspaper of business. Dow Jones also pub- for television through a global business televi- lishes The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall sion alliance with CNBC. It offers audiences in Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal the U.S., Asia and Europe unparalleled business Telephone: Special Editions, a collection of Journal pages, news programming reaching more than 170 mil- 609-452-2820 in local language, printed in 34 leading national lion homes. newspapers around the world. The centerpiece of This Guide is edited and distributed by the Dow Fax: these Special Editions is The Wall Street Journal Jones Newspaper Fund. Americas, published in Spanish and Portuguese. Special thanks go to the American Society of 609-520-5804 More than 14 million people around the world Newspaper Editors and the Society of Professional subscribe to a global edition of The Wall Street Journalists for allowing excerpts from their publi- E-mail: Journal or one of The Wall Street Journal Special cations to be included in this book. newsfund@ Editions. Up to four copies of this publication will be wsj.dowjones.com Dow Jones also publishes Barron’s, the Far provided free of charge. For five or more cop- Eastern Economic Review, The Wall Street Journal ies, the cost is $2 apiece, which covers the cost Classroom Edition and SmartMoney. of postage and handling. The publication can be Web: In addition, the company owns Ottaway ordered online at newsfund.dowjones.com, with http://DJNews- Newspapers Inc., a group of daily and weekly "Road to Success" in the subject line. Orders must paperFund. community newspapers. be prepaid or accompanied by a purchase order. dowjones.com Dow Jones also excels in news delivered elec- Please make checks and money orders payable to Officers and Staff Alumni Return In May of 1979, 10 in- Richard J. Levine terns showed up at Temple President University’s School of Jour- nalism to begin a two-week course with Dr. Edward Richard S. Holden Trayes. They had been cho- Executive Director sen as part of the News- paper Fund’s copy editing internship program. Twen- Linda P. Waller ty-five years later on May Deputy Director 22, 2004, all 10 showed up again to surprise the profes- sor as he taught his newest Phil Avila group of interns headed for Project Manager metropolitan newspapers. The group spent the entire day in class with the Jerry Luckie 14 interns training for their Office Manager summer jobs. 4 A CAREER GUIDE ThePROGRAMS Dow Jones Newspaper Fund works closely with teachers, editors, counselors and students to achieve our goal of encouraging students to consider careers in journalism. FUND RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING internship training component. All internships are HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS paid, and DJNF awards a $1,000 scholarship to Each fall, DJNF names the National High those students who return to school full time in School Journalism Teacher of the Year as part of the semester following their internship. College the Journalism Teacher Awards Program. A $1,000 minority sophomores and juniors are offered grant from the Fund provides a college journalism internships through DJNF’s Business Reporting scholarship to a student from the school of the Internship program. These students attend a one- Teacher of the Year. Also, four students who attend week training program and also are eligible for the schools of four Distinguished Advisers receive $1,000 scholarship. $500 journalism scholarships. COPY EDITING SEMINARS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE The Fund occasionally offers seminars that MINORITY STUDENTS bring together editing professors primarily from The Fund cooperates with local news the nation's Historically Black Colleges and organizations and journalism schools to sponsor Universities. The seminars cover a wide range High School Journalism Workshops. Workshops of topics, including curriculum planning, law and attract up to 600 students each year. More than the media, layout and makeup and teaching new- 11,000 high school minority students have media courses. participated in the program since 1968. CAREER INFORMATION URBAN HIGH SCHOOL Providing journalism career information for NEWSPAPER PROJECT students, teachers, counselors, and parents is an The Fund has provided a limited number of important service of the Fund. This booklet, The grants to start, revive or bolster high school Journalist’s Road to Success, contains information newspapers at schools with a large concentration on how to prepare for a journalism career and how of students of color, primarily in urban areas.
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