Law school anyone?

An insane number of people who work for Tribune newspapers in Washington are steps away from losing their jobs. This is really sad.

J-students need not apply

Just curious: Has anyone interviewed with an organization that produces journalism that has specifically said it was hiring? If so, let me know. (You don't have to tell me which one, although I would love it if you would.)

Trib Endorsement

The Chicago Tribune endorsed Barack Obama. Some of you younger readers might think something like what one of my friends said when he heard the news: "Wow, shocker." But it actually is. The Trib has never endorsed a Democrat (for president).

Funniest Web post

One thing you may not know about me is that I have an intense love for journalism and media gossip Web sites. An intense love. Gawker.com, one of my favorites, has a wonderful piece advising aspiring journalists. I literally laughed out loud. Check it out.

To run or not to run

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The assignment for our journalism class was to decide whether or not to run a series of very graphic photos. Here are the questions I need to answer:

Would you run these photos?

Only the first one.

What criteria did you you use to make a decision?

Most of the photos were simply too horrifying to consider.

Under what circumstances would you run the photos?

I probably wouldn't run the photo at a small local paper.

Would your decision be different if the events were local?

I still wouldn't run any of the rest of them.

Does where or how you play the photo have any bearing on your decision?

I think it could have some bearing on my decision in certain instances, but
not in any of these pictures.

With which photo did you struggle the most? Why

I thought about the final picture because the victim's face was obscured,
but I tried to picture it in a respectable newspaper and couldn't do
it.