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Worst Job in America: Newspaper Reporter

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A recent CareerCast.com survey of 200 occupations reveals that newspaper reporters are considered the bottom of the barrel in pay, working conditions, future prospects, job security, prestige, etc. No surprise. Newshounds may not get rich or famous, but they still love the journalism profession. I know; I speak from personal experience. None of us ink-stained wretches do it for the money, that’s for sure. Working in this field since the days of typewriters and carbon paper, I have discovered that other kinds of job satisfaction can be worth more than any amount of money.

John Maybury, Editor & Publisher

Media Alliance: Jobs, Classes, Events, Activism

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Check out the lineup of classes for writers, editors, photographers, designers, broadcasters, community organizers, computer wizards, dancers, actors, and other creative folks. Media Alliance has an interactive website for finding jobs, signing up for classes, and connecting to other media activists in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Capitalization for Dummies: What Goes Up and What Goes Down

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10 Very Costly Typos: Why Editors Are Good Insurance

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More Print Newspapers Launch Online Paywalls

The Orange County Register reports it is launching an online paywall. Readers who want to browse the newspaper online must buy a subscription or pay a daily rate to have access to the site. Some content remains free, such as weather, traffic, calendar events and headlines of news stories. After a free, seven-day trial, the paper will charge nonsubscribers one price to access the Register, be it print or digital version, regardless of device. The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle also announced paywalls last week. Media Daily News

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Chiasmus and Verlan: Wordplay for a Lazy Day

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chiasmus |kīˈazməs|noun:  a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g., "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds." DERIVATIVES: chiastic |kīˈastik|adjective. ORIGIN: mid-17th century (in the general sense "crosswise arrangement"): modern Latin, from Greek khiasmos "crosswise arrangement," from khiazein "mark with the letter chi," from khi "chi."
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Also see "verlan": French wordplay reverses syllables, so pigeon becomes geonpi, etc.

Journalist's Wishful Thinking

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Small-Town Newspaper Crusades for Truth & Justice

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