http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach Just another Freedom Forum Diversity Institute weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:37:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Coach, Just how long should a resume be? Mine is running about three pages, and my professor told me to cut it way down. I want to be sure my experience, including several internships, awards, projects and skills, is fully reflected, and that potential employers can see the whole of ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2012/02/01/one-for-the-resume/ Dear Coach, I can’t stand reading the online comments about my stories. They are often hateful and hurtful. In response to any story that has to do with race or immigration, the comments are ugly and racist. My question is, Are we doing ourselves a disservice by not reading the comments? ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2012/01/11/hateful-online-comments/ Dear Coach, As my internship was ending, I went to lunch with my editor, and after praising my writing (which made me happy), she told me something quite disturbing. She said, “I can’t tell you how many student reporters come through here without the most basic writing skills.” It got me ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/12/29/what-skills-do-we-really-need/ Dear Coach, During my internship, I saw that much of what I learned in journalism school was not applicable to my job in the newsroom. We got the basics in school, such as how to write an inverted pyramid, and our campus newspaper (which I will be editor of) appears online. But ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/12/22/is-j-school-useless/ Dear Coach, I worked really hard on a story that was slated to run on A1. My editors liked it, and I thought everything was fine, but the next morning I saw that it ran in the B section. I was really upset. On the paper’s website, though, my story was ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/12/13/bumped-off-the-front-page/ Dear Coach, I am a photojournalist at a small paper in the Northeast and have been on the job for six months. For a while, I could feel and see my work improving weekly, if not daily. But lately, I’ve felt stagnant, as if nothing I do pushes the limits. A ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/12/06/stagnant-and-conflicted/ Dear Coach, How much personality is acceptable for an intern to show in the workplace? Is it best to be polite but bland? Can showing your individualism hurt you in the long run? --Wants to be Me Dear Me, The question is an interesting twist on the “rules of the room” discussion we know ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/11/14/my-intern-face/ Dear Coach, Do you have any tips for reporters starting out in a small bureau? I’m feeling a bit disconnected and wondering if I’m just going to wither out here. -- In the Sticks Dear Sticks, Working in a bureau, even a small one, can be one of the most exciting ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/11/07/stuck-in-a-bureau/ Dear Coach, What’s next? We young journalists find ourselves riding a new wave of storytelling. This has created an entire generation of reporters who can no longer easily describe what they do for a newspaper because specifics have been thrown out the window. So again, I ask, “What’s next?” What shape ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/10/04/what%e2%80%99s-next/ Dear Coach, My editor asks for story ideas every week, especially A1 enterprise stories. Today I overheard her and another reporter talking about a story I pitched weeks ago. I have a lot on my plate, so they know I can't get to everything I pitch. And I’ve certainly pitched story ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/ask-the-coach/2011/09/08/stealing-story-ideas/