Clips, Tapes and Online Resumes

All employers will expect you to send clips (or a tape) of your work.

Six to eight clips is the expected amount if no number is specified in the posting.

Photocopy clips on 8 1/2 by 11 paper and and attach together with a paperclip.

No published clips? Don't panic, you can submit your work from the Journalism School. (It is usually best to reprint your pieces in clean, single-space copy) Also, you can turn those stories into published clips by selling them to small (and sometimes not so small) local publications. Remember clips count even for those of you going into broadcast; a print clip demonstrates both reporting and writing ability.
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Turning Classwork Into Clips

The broadcast department will help you to put together your resume reel.
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How Broadcast Alums Got Their On-air Jobs
Nexstar VP Chris Manson's tips on landing jobs in television
WNYC Editor Julianne Welby's tips on landing jobs in radio

For a story of which you are particularly proud or which took an unusual amount or kind of reporting, you may want to submit a brief note on the story behind getting the story.

Online Resumes

With the ever-increasing web presence of most media organizations, and with the likelihood that a recruiter interested in you will want to have easily accessible examples of your work via the web, having a clean, impressive and user-friendly online resume/portfolio is extremely important.

Some examples and tips from Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Students at the J-school:

• collection of journo sites:
  http://www.sree.net/tips/journosites.html
• tips on setting up a website and hosting companies:
  http://www.sree.net/tips/websites.html
• list of possible designers/site builders:
  http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ac48t3fnkswg_1324zxn67