Writing For Pay Ep. 008 Show Notes

February 13th, 2008

Jim Geluso covers the city beat at the Bakersfield Californian.

  • 0:45 - The Writing For Pay account on del.icio.us is no more. If you want to share a cool writing link, just tag your bookmark “writingforpay”.
  • 1:02 - Wade is sick, but still he must write for pay.
  • 2:39 - Wade sits down with Jim Geluso, a real live newspaper reporter.
  • 2:50 - Journalism might be a type of writing that gets you laid, which disqualifies it from this podcast. Is this interview already over?
  • 4:05 - The types of writing that Jim does for the paper.
  • 6:45 - People want hard news from Washington D.C. and happy feature stories from their local area. Why?
  • 7:58 - How Jim got started in writing - a passion for news and politics.
  • 9:22 - Jim’s first paid writing job.
  • 10:21 - The day to day challenges of journalism.

Jim’s City Beat blog at the Californian: http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/citybeat

Music by Morgansorange

Entry Filed under: Careers, Journalism, Show Notes

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