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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Greatness in Two Years or Less Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:07 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Are you a great copy editor? The Dallas Morning News wants you. We have openings on our news copy desk and are looking for someone who loves words, writes excellent headlines and cutlines, knows style, grammar and usage well, and can spot and fix holes in stories. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives under deadline pressure and likes a collaborative work environment. Two years of copy editing experience at a professional daily newspaper is preferred, but we'll consider less-experienced candidates who've had copy editing internships at major metropolitan papers. (ACES Jobs) *** I have to wonder why the Dallas Morning News wouldn't like to have more-experienced candidates. ***
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Vanderhoof Viking	Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:40 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:19 am Posts: 413 Location: Prince George, B.C.	And what if your experience is at an amateur daily newspaper?
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Heartodixie	Post subject: Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:50 pm
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:15 am Posts: 1432 Location: Alabamer	Vanderhoof Viking wrote: And what if your experience is at an amateur daily newspaper? Uh, then you end up stuck at said amateur paper. Ahem.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Greatness in Two Years or Less Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:06 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	Phillip Blanchard wrote: Are you a great copy editor? The Dallas Morning News wants you. We have openings on our news copy desk and are looking for someone who loves words, writes excellent headlines and cutlines, knows style, grammar and usage well, and can spot and fix holes in stories. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives under deadline pressure and likes a collaborative work environment. Two years of copy editing experience at a professional daily newspaper is preferred, but we'll consider less-experienced candidates who've had copy editing internships at major metropolitan papers. (ACES Jobs) *** I have to wonder why the Dallas Morning News wouldn't like to have more-experienced candidates. *** Follow the money.
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Heartodixie	Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:49 am
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:15 am Posts: 1432 Location: Alabamer	Quote: Please send a cover letter, a resume and work samples to Ed Sargent, Universal Desk chief Is that a context clue? I thought real papers didn't do that.
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LAEdtr	Post subject: Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:20 am
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:25 am Posts: 90 Location: Southern California	Remember when the DMN aspired to copy candidates who had more than an internship as experience?
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Ken Carpenter	Post subject: Why not just look for a "breathing, warm body?" Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:45 pm
Joined: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:09 pm Posts: 1 Location: Valencia Community College, Orlando FL	Why not just look for a "breathing, warm body?"
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KfitzR	Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:45 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 836 Location: New Brunswick, Canada	Ah, yes. The "can you fog a mirror" test. I've worked with some of those.
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