Advice for journalism students now
If you asked editors and publishers today to offer advice to journalism students, what would they say?
In response to a survey preceding a journalism job fair, 86 newspaper editors and publishers from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio
Woman transformed by volunteerism
Thrift shop benefits from her service
Priscilla Wortman volunteers at the Second Generations Thrift Shoppe in Rochester.Don Clark/dclark@seacoastonline.com
GREENLAND ? Volunteering not only helps someone in need, but it also makes people feel better
Traffic in the stacks
When the only copy of Gladys Taber's out-of-print "Another Path" that Hagerstown resident Carol Bannon could find cost $70, she turned to her local public library.
"Books can be expensive. Hardcovers can be $20 or above," Bannon says.
Bannon isn't a
Video intern has big opportunity
Ryan Devlin has never played organized football, but for the last year, he's pulled down a paycheck from the Arizona Cardinals and will be a large part of the team's efforts during the Super Bowl.
As a video intern with the team, Devlin ? a 26-year-old
Marketing madness: Super Bowl ads promise glitz, guffaws, groans
It's time for that annual winter ritual where people gather before their TV screens to whoop and holler as they gobble down unhealthy treats.
Yes, it's Super Bowl time. And today's NFL championship wouldn't be complete without a look at its
Madonna University offers film boot camp Feb. 7
Members of the community can train for jobs in Michigan's burgeoning film industry at Madonna University during "Production Algebra/Production Assistant (P.A.) Boot Camp," offered through the Michigan Production Alliance (MPA). The unique workshop,
Stimulus plan mixes long and short term job goals
From blue collar construction workers to white collar financial sector employees, the economic crisis has dragged a growing swath of American workers into joblessness.
Dressed in a suit and with resume in hand, Chris Adams, 29, an unemployed
Human-resources specialist helps workers, companies find match
CEDAR FALLS --- A recession may be in full swing, but business is booming for Lisa Smith.
She says there is a connection.
Smith is owner of LKS Career Connections Inc. in Cedar Falls. She brings employers and employees together.
She's a matchmaker, of
There IS life after IBM
Gary Nowak of Essex Junction can sympathize with the hundreds of Vermont IBM workers who learned last week that they were losing their jobs.
Nowak, now 53, was a quality assurance technician and had worked at IBM for 17 years when he found out in
Business calendar, Feb. 1
Wednesday
Society of American Military Engineers, Portland Post, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at Kell?s Irish Pub, 112 S.W. Second Ave., Portland. Bart Gernhart, deputy regional administration with Washington State Department of Transportation, will speak about
