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longwords	Post subject: Manifestly not for me Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:08 pm
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 8:31 pm Posts: 552 Location: Pennsylvania	From journalismjobs.com: Quote: The Beaver County Times, a 45,000-circulation daily just down river from America's most livable city of Pittsburgh, needs a culturally literate thinker who can display the news with style and grace for our suburban, commuter market. If you have a discerning eye and mind and a genuine interest in what the hell is really going on, you'll want to work here. Special consideration given to those who can tell a Rembrandt from a Warhol. Send your manifesto to Keith Briscoe, executive editor, The Beaver County Times, 400 Fair Ave., Beaver PA 15009. ***manifesto*** P.S. I can tell a Rembrandt from a Warhol, but I'm slow at layout and am a lot better at appreciating good design than I am at producing it. P.P.S. When it comes to job descriptions, can we now put "most livable city" in the same category with "award-winning newspaper"?
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Heartodixie	Post subject: Re: Manifestly not for me Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:08 pm
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:15 am Posts: 1432 Location: Alabamer	longwords wrote: From journalismjobs.com: Quote: The Beaver County Times, a 45,000-circulation daily just down river from America's most livable city of Pittsburgh, needs a culturally literate thinker who can display the news with style and grace for our suburban, commuter market. If you have a discerning eye and mind and a genuine interest in what the hell is really going on, you'll want to work here. Special consideration given to those who can tell a Rembrandt from a Warhol. Send your manifesto to Keith Briscoe, executive editor, The Beaver County Times, 400 Fair Ave., Beaver PA 15009. ***manifesto*** P.S. I can tell a Rembrandt from a Warhol, but I'm slow at layout and am a lot better at appreciating good design than I am at producing it. P.P.S. When it comes to job descriptions, can we now put "most livable city" in the same category with "award-winning newspaper"? A Rembrandt from a Warhol? Is that like being able to tell the difference between Mozart and the Sex Pistols?
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almost crotchety	Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:41 pm
Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:13 am Posts: 128 Location: not so far north, or so far west	I s'pose he could make it a little harder ... Perhaps a Van Eyck from a Franz Hals ... a Renoir from a Pisarro ... Oh, I've got it! A dictionary from a thesaurus!
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LAEdtr	Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:33 pm
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:25 am Posts: 90 Location: Southern California	Unless the designer (and it is a design job) were using clip art, what difference does it make if he/she can tell the differences among any artists?
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