Below are some links I have found useful, and I hope you do too. I update them often, and I encourage you to book mark the page. If you notice a site or book that is missing, let me know.
Getting A Job/Internship
- Ed2010.com - For all who wish to be a magazine editor by the year 2010 (or after). Especially check out there “On Campus” section for internships.
- Internships at Columbia University - It’s for Columbia students, but their tuition money is your gain.
- NYU Internships
- Sun Oasis Jobs - an aggregation of craigslist and journalismjob.net postings
- The Write Jobs - Freelance jobs
- eLance.com - freelancing for writing/programming, be wary of low rates…
- UPOD - a freelance journalists Yahoo! Group
- ASNE - newspaper Internships
- JournalismJobs.net - the go to resource for newspaper jobs
Freelance
- About Freelance Writing - sign up for their weekly newsletter
- Freelance Folder - a freelancing blog
- Freelance Switch - another blog more focused on the Programming side, but still immensely useful
- Media Bistro
- The Independent Journalist
- The Inkthinker
- Columbia University guide to freelancing
- Bad Language: How to be a freelance writer - If you were thinking of buying a book on freelancing, save your money and go here.
Reporting
- UMD’s reporters guide
- The Write Stuff [PDF link] - a tip sheet by Poynter about building sources.
Books
- CSS Mastery by Andy Budd et al
- Getting Started as a Freelance Writer by Bob Bly
- Journalism 2.0 e-book
- The Future of News [PDF link]
- The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss (take the productivity advice, leave the rest behind)