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Alums swap jobs for new.com(mitments)
By
Kirsten Ness |
Steinmetz ('83)
John Leach |
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Dolezar
now works for CNNSI.com as the NFL producer.
"I think that the opportunities for working on the Internet are much greater than those in television, radio or traditional print journalism at this time, simply because there are so many Web corporations out there that are publishing things on a regular schedule," Dolezar said. He said many people are going to the Web for work. Some are novices. "There is so much money involved in these online jobs, and because there are so many jobs out there right now, many people are willing to make the move to Web-based journalism very readily." John Leach ('74) ('79 MA) spent several years working for The Arizona Republic and made the switch to the company's online version nine months ago. Before heading over to online journalism, Leach worked in every part of the newsroom. He was a reporter, a senior editor for technology and a supervisor of reporters, copy editors, artists, photographers and designers. Although he likes print journalism, he said there are many attractive aspects of online work. "I see online as the future of journalism. It is a challenging, fast-moving field," Leach said. He said the best part of working online is that it is wide open and immediate. "I love the fast pace. I love being able to get a story published within minutes," he said. "It's what I call real-time reporting and editing." He said there is a sharp contrast between writing a story late in the day and not seeing it in the paper until the next morning, and being able to post and update stories by the minute online. Jon Ann Steinmetz ('83) has been working online for three years. She said she agrees that one of the best aspects of it is the speed at which news can be posted. Steinmetz spent 17 years at newspapers before she switched to Women.com Networks (women.com) in March. Founded in 1992, it attracts more than 4 million visitors on the Web each month. "I've gotten spoiled by the quicker pace of online, the ability to post things immediately," she said. "There's a ton of energy and creativity in online work," she said. "It's a feeling of shaping something new. "Maybe best of all is that the online world is providing an entirely new career path for journalists, and for many people that has been incredibly invigorating." Leach, Dolezar and Steinmetz can be reached at john.leach @pni.com, jdolezar@hotmail.com and jsteinmetz@mail1.women.com.
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