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senseandsensibility

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11. I was only interested in/good at print

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 05:47 PM

Mar 2025

I wanted to write, and had zero interest in broadcast journalism. There wasn't any online journalism at that time, so that wasn't an issue, but it was still obvious that newspapers weren't hiring. It didn't help that there was a recession going on at the time as well!

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couldn't you have stayed in journalism but not focus on print? LymphocyteLover Mar 2025 #10

I was only interested in/good at print senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #11

fair enough! LymphocyteLover Mar 2025 #16

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