Career Kit: Journalism resume guide
For veteran journalists in newsrooms or new grads looking for their first full-time journalism jobs
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Below is a starter template for your journalism-specific resume and some tips on what to include. This is NOT a resume 101 (just Google and you’ll find a ton of generic good guidance). I like practical tips and examples and hope you do, too.
This is meant to look specifically at resumes for journalists: student journalists trying to get an internship/little experience, recent J-school grads looking for their first full-time job and veteran journalists refreshing their resumes so they stand out to newsrooms.
Below, you’ll find:
Resume examples for journalists at various stages of career
Best practices for newsroom-specific resumes
Precise wording examples for Experience, Education and Skills sections