Might as well rename it the "copy editor/design job board"

When it comes to most writing jobs, the industry still operates under the stepladder approach to moving up, so once on the ladder at the small papers, writers become known and are sought when openings arise at bigger papers. Editors, whether copy or line/assigning, need to impress in more intangible ways, and that depends on the department as much as the editor.

 

I get paid for every minute, but we're still unofficially encouraged to do this.

 

A good editor should always be looking for copy editors/designers. Always.

 

Fixed.

 

There's not always a separation at smaller papers. I'm not saying there shouldn't be a separation, but there isn't always.

 

You must work for a Gannett paper.

 

and many of you whine, bitch and cry every time someone with experience tells a newbie asking for advice to find a job in a different field.

 

Close, but no cigar. My shop is installing some kind of computerized time clock as an unofficial acknowledgement of the practice and as a means to curb it. Managers can still alter clock in and clock out times, however. Go figure.