Mission accomplished
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
I promised myself I would blog more often once I finished school because I wouldn’t be working the equivalent of two full-time jobs (just one), but I’ve still managed to keep myself surprisingly busy.
The only huge news I have is that my face was on the “front page” of GlobeandMail.com on Friday! And not for [...]
Tags: career path, National Post, newspaper industry, published, TalentEgg, workaholic
On evaluating and acknowledging our biases
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Ethics, Journalism
There are few professions in which individuals are expected to be completely without bias. In most professions, our biases rarely interfere with the integrity of our work.
Yet, as a journalist, it’s a constant battle. Because we consume so much information on a daily basis, we probably have opinions on many more topics than the average [...]
Tags: bias, National Post, story
What is a “real” job anyway?
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career
Since I started my internship at the National Post last week, family from all over the country has been congratulating me and asking me about the future of my career. (Mostly on Facebook, but that’s because I’ve been posting the links to my articles on my profile almost daily.)
Although I tend to be a little [...]
Tags: "real" jobs, internship, National Post, newspaper industry, reporting, story, TalentEgg
Signs of life for Hollywood North (and me)
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Career, Journalism
The first three days of my internship at the National Post have already come and gone, and, as usual, I shouldn’t have stressed myself out so much beforehand.
In some ways, it’s exactly what I expected, but mostly it’s not what I expected at all.
For most of the day (until it gets closer to deadline), the [...]
Tags: internship, National Post, story
Feeling naked and apprehensive
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Friendship, The Real World
Most of the time when we transition between one part of life and into another, it’s not so obvious until it’s already passed. We don’t realize everything is different until the change has already occurred and we certainly don’t pause to think about it or be nervous about it.
My six weeks as news editor and [...]
Tags: internship, masthead, National Post, TalentEgg, The Ryersonian
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