Personal Finance Content Development
Posted in job hunt, Underemployment, Unemployment, Walletpop on Apr 6th, 2011
For the second time in almost three years, I’ve been laid off. This time, however, it wasn’t due to the economy failing, but because it’s doing so well. AOL bought Huffington Post for $315 million, then decided to go with full-time writers and not freelancers such as myself for its website “content.” I’m still around, [...]
Posted in Walletpop, Work sample on Mar 30th, 2011
I rarely comment on reader feedback, mainly because as any writer knows, it’s a losing battle. You could spend all of your time refuting the comments, when it’s better to let them slide and not fight to get the last word in. But the commentary from someone in the printing industry I just had to [...]
Posted in job hunt, Personal finance, Underemployment, Walletpop on Mar 28th, 2011
I’m taking meetings for the next two weeks as I try to decide if my career choice to be a journalist is a dying profession (photo above) or a thriving one. I think it’s a thriving one where storytellers are still needed. Instead of me going door to door, applying for jobs online or seeking [...]
