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Monday, June 29, 2009 12:00 AM

I studied print journalism: Now what?

I did internships, made connections, got clips, etc., but my parents are still paying my cellphone bill
By Cary Tennis

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  • Sunday, June 28, 2009 07:34 PM

    Yep

    As a journalist who now happily makes his living writing pretty much whatever he feels like after years of nightmares but is currently struggling to be prepared when the roof collapses on me, I kinda liked Cary's answer. A lot.

    Oh, and yeah, read Joseph Mitchell. A lot.

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