Finding your next job in digital journalism

Steve Buttry and Ken SandsGeorgetown University

April 9, 2011

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Your job search is a story• Research online. Thoroughly• Work your connections• Nail the face-to-face interview• Be resourceful• Try multiple approaches• Never say no for someone else

Build your digital profile• Google yourself. What do you find?• Google profile• LinkedIn profile• Twitter• Social media• Blog (when did you last post?)• Personal site (“about me” or portfolio)

Network• Connect digitally w/ people you admire• Especially on Twitter• #wjchat, #spjchat, etc.• Follow up (Twitter, email, handwritten)• Comment on blogs• IRL

Show, don’t tell• Hyperlink résumé (but make sure it reads

well w/o links)• Don’t send hard copy by U.S. mail unless

asked• Video as part of résumé (you,

Xtranormal, Search Stories)• Pitch through social media• Use new tools (Storify, Storyful, Intersect,

Dipity, Blackbird Pie)

Little things are big things• Customize your résumé• Spell the prospective boss’s name right • Take initiative (can you schedule your

own interview?)• Include Twitter username on résumé

Interviews count, too• Prepare thoroughly• Listen effectively• Answer honestly• Ask tough questions• Don’t fake: “I don’t know” beats BS• Follow up

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