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		<title>Is it too soon for MediaWire?</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/is-it-too-soon-for-mediawire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the blogosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad publicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MediaWire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poynter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Romenesko Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days ago, I was writing a blog pot for 10,000 Words about the Romenesko saga. To make a long story short, Poynter editor Julie Moos posted an announcement that it had come to the organization&#8217;s attention that &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/is-it-too-soon-for-mediawire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=930&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>Three Media Jobs You Should Apply For Immediately</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/three-media-jobs-you-should-apply-for-immediately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not easy to get jobs in the news and media industry. Not only are they scarce, there are lots of candidates vying for the same position. Sometimes, however, you just have to forget that and dive into the applicant &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/three-media-jobs-you-should-apply-for-immediately/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=912&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>What the heck is Kohort? (And why do I care?)</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/what-the-heck-is-kohort-and-why-do-i-care/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/what-the-heck-is-kohort-and-why-do-i-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, someone I follow on Twitter (@shontelaylay) tweeted she had reserved her username on Kohort. What is Kohort, you ask? I don&#8217;t have a clue. That certainly didn&#8217;t stop me from immediately clicking on the included link &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/what-the-heck-is-kohort-and-why-do-i-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=882&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worst job description ever?</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/worst-job-description-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hmm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers in general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, here&#8217;s my entry for worst job description ever. It&#8217;s on JournalismJobs.com and the position is &#8220;LONG HOURS LOW PAY.&#8221; If that doesn&#8217;t immediately spark your interest, check out the job description: How bad do you want to be a &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/worst-job-description-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=867&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Columbia&#8217;s new dual- degree program disappoints</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/columbias-new-dual-degree-program-disappoints/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/columbias-new-dual-degree-program-disappoints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the blogosphere]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online news]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Poynter&#8217;s Ask the Recruiter column posted a Q&#38;A with Bill Grueskin, dean of academic affairs and professor of professional practice in the Columbia J-school, and Henning Schulzrinne, a professor in Columbia&#8217;s Computer Science Department, regarding a new dual degree Columbia is offering &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/columbias-new-dual-degree-program-disappoints/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=855&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>Update: &#8216;Girl who quit&#8217; WAS a hoax!</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/update-girl-who-quit-was-a-hoax/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/update-girl-who-quit-was-a-hoax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just saw this on Mashable: Yesterday, we fell in love with “Jenny,” a young woman who quit her job through a series of amusing whiteboard messages. Alas, this one was too good to be true. “Jenny” is really Elyse Porterfield, an aspiring &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/update-girl-who-quit-was-a-hoax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=848&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>&#8216;Girl quits job on dry erase board&#8217; story too good to be true?</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-job-on-dry-erase-board-story-too-good-to-be-true/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-job-on-dry-erase-board-story-too-good-to-be-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the blogosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A random girl quit her job. Nothing special about that. A random girl quit her job via a a series of messages on a dry erase board, photos and one infamous email &#8212; and more than 160,000 people have &#8220;liked&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-job-on-dry-erase-board-story-too-good-to-be-true/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=845&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overheard in the newsroom</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/overheard-in-the-newsroom/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/overheard-in-the-newsroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the blogosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers in general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, tomorrow&#8217;s Monday and it&#8217;s hard to avoid having a case of the Mondays, a la &#8220;Office Space.&#8221; One thing that really helps me get through Mondays, and most days actually, are the hilarious comments reported by Overheard in the Newsroom. &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/overheard-in-the-newsroom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=832&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>Strong advice on leads</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/strong-story-beginning-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the blogosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, whenever I have to start a story, I find myself suddenly paralyzed. How should I start the story? Should it be a long or short lead? Is a hard news approach or more feature-y one better? Oh, and don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/strong-story-beginning-advice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=821&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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		<title>The ABCs of web videos</title>
		<link>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/the-abcs-of-web-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/the-abcs-of-web-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eszak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Filming tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In college, I can distinctly remember not wanting to be a broadcast journalism student. Three years after graduating, that sentiment seems to be haunting me. Digital media now revolves around video, audio and editing to such a great extent that &#8230; <a href="http://staffwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/the-abcs-of-web-videos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=staffwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4144506&amp;post=772&amp;subd=staffwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Elana</media:title>
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