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I'm going to be brutally honest...working as a group to write one article doesn't really work that well.

We divided the tasks. But they're not really that even. I volunteered to do the writing...but it's extremely difficult to piece together four articles on different topics, and furthermore, to have them make sense.

It turns out our thesis and angle is that there ultimately are no solutions to plagiarism. We can't defeat the problem. We can only decrease it.


On a separate, more personal note, I applied for a job today as a copy editor for a small branch of newspapers. I inquired what newspapers the company was hiring for in my application, and someone replied very nicely to me explaining what they were. I thought, okay, thanks for the heads-up. Then I scrolled further down in the email and came across a one-line entry from another source that said, "Clearly not qualified, seeing as this is not an entry level position..."

I don't think I was supposed to see that. It seemed like it got stuck in transit in my message that I received. But how would you feel if you saw a note that you weren't supposed to, clearly insulting your intelligence? Just because I'm fresh out of college certainly does not mean I'm not qualified to be a copy editor at a night-time news desk, especially with my degree and my experience at both a news station and my school newspaper.

Why should I limit myself to only entry-level positions, when I know I can challenge myself to something else?

Reject me. Don't invite me to an interview. That's fine, acceptable, and understandable. In fact, I need to get used to a lot of rejections for the next few months. I'm sure there are other people out there with better and more impressive resumes than me. But I assure you, if you graduate with a degree in journalism, I sure as hell hope you're qualified to be a reporter.

What is an entry-level position for a reporter, anyway?

....getting coffee?