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Interactive Agency Focuses on Visuals, Data

For its clients, Switchyard Media operates like a newsroom, creating infographics, data visualizations and narrative stories.

4 millennial journalists

Journalism Career Paths: From a Degree to...

A degree in journalism isn't the only route to a good media job today. Four millennials describe how they...

Kevin Blackistone

How to Get a Leg Up in...

Mentor Kevin Blackistone tells an aspiring sportswriter that opportunities for the impassioned hustlers lie on the Internet.

Copy editing

Making the Leap Into Freelance Copy Editing

After leaving newspapers, these copy editors are thriving as freelancers. Here's how they did it---and tips on how to...

What One Young Journalist Thinks of #AdviceForYoungJournalists

When big-name journalists in the limelight come under scrutiny for errors, everyone likes to pile on and say something...

Jackie-Spinner-camera

Sun-Times Layoffs of Video Staff Come Amid...

The layoffs came as news organizations across the country are investing more in originally-produced video.

Recruiters said new hires need to take it to the next level in 2014.

4 Skills Newsroom Recruiters Wish More Job...

Simply being a really good reporter is no longer enough. Job recruiters said they are looking for a deeper...

Alyssa Bailey

Q&A: How to Break into the Magazine...

AJR chats with Elle.com’s Alyssa Bailey about edit tests, networking and dressing for the job.

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Are Professional Music Critics an Endangered Species?

The role of professional music critics is changing as digital music and social media transform the industry.

Photo of a legal marijuana growth operation in Colorado by Brett Levin via Creative Commons license on Flickr.

Inside the Mind of a Weed Journalist

Abdullah “T. Kid” Saeed, writer of the “Weediquette” column for VICE, participated in a Reddit AMA on his experience...

AJR Photo illustration by Danna Walker.

Interns Say the Darndest Things and You...

Failures. Aspirations. What they really think of their editors. Summer 2014 newsroom interns tell their stories.

Women in news management

Women Managers and the F-word (Feminism) in...

Women news managers are having a "moment" as the industry takes note of changing leadership styles. But what...