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longwords	Post subject: journalismcrossing.com Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:15 pm
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 8:31 pm Posts: 552 Location: Pennsylvania	Does anyone know anything about this site? I was surfing job sites and a job listing came up with a link to this site. When I clicked to look at the job description, it came up but the window greyed out and I got a pop-up saying "Trust the World's Top Journalism Job-Opening Research Institution with Your Job Search." Followed by some sales bullet points, then a box for my e-mail with the line "Tell us where to send your access instructions." I think there was something in an earlier window about a seven-day free trial. While I saw a lot of bloviation about the number of job listings, I didn't see anything about placement rates. The journalism site seems to be part of something called Employment Crossings. I will poke around to see if I can see more on their web sites, but in the meantime, does anyone have information about this outfit? It sounds like they're like any other bot that goes out and collects listings, except they charge for people to see them.
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longwords	Post subject: Re: journalismcrossing.com Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:21 pm
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 8:31 pm Posts: 552 Location: Pennsylvania	Sorry, here's the link. There's a photo of sheep in New Zealand on the page, along with a claim that the site has more journalism job postings than anywhere else (just as New Zealand has more sheep than anywhere else, the promo says). Can someone confirm the sheep population stat?
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onceahack	Post subject: Re: journalismcrossing.com Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:24 am
Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:39 pm Posts: 731 Location: Central Texas	I'll answer the important question first. New Zealand has the most sheep per human inhabitant, but Australia has more than twice as many sheep total, according to Population and Sustainable Development, a program of the New Zealand government. As for the employment site, I'm skeptical, and I'll bet you will be, too, after you check these out: • Engineering Crossing • Healthcare Crossing • Chef Crossing • Hospitality Crossing • Construction Crossing • Blue Collar Crossing These were the first six fields I tried; you might try others and see what you get.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: journalismcrossing.com Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:47 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I'd be skeptical of any site that claimed there is an opening for a copy editor anywhere on Earth right now.
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Heartodixie	Post subject: Re: journalismcrossing.com Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:55 pm
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:15 am Posts: 1432 Location: Alabamer	If you've never heard of a company that bills itself as the "world's top" employment research institution, I'd say odds are pretty good it's not legit.
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"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

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