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EdSchool presents: The online version of How to Get Freelance Work (and End Up On Staff if You Want To!)"
What: A five-week course on freelance pitching and writing, taught by mag freelancer and teacher Eric Butterman
Why: Success stories like this: One student from a previous class sold a 2000-word feature to Running Times, another sold a $1000 food article and a first-time writer sold three items--all while the class was still going on.
When: Sept. 27 - Oct. 25. A weekly lecture is posted each Monday, followed by a one-hour online chat room meeting Wednesdays from 9 to 10pm EST.
Cost: $185
To sign up or for questions, e-mail freelance@ed2010.com.

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News
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1. FishBowlNY
Giant Publisher Out 9/6/06
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/giant_publisher_out_43315.asp

Michael Provus — publisher of the embattled bimonthly magazine that has seemingly shifted its focus and design with every issue — is leaving the magazine for Vanity Fair — leaving editor Jamie Hooper, for the moment at least, without a publisher.

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2. New York Observer
New Republic Critic Tumbles in Blog-land: My ‘Dumb Mistake’
By Sheelah Kolhatkar
9/11/06 edition
http://www.observer.com/20060911/20060911_Sheelah_Kolhatkar_pageone_offtherec.asp

“I made a dumb mistake, and I’m very sorry I did it. I took the blogosphere’s bait, and I stooped to the level of these people who were commenting on my pieces, and I shouldn’t have,” Lee Siegel said. “And I’m especially sorry that I embarrassed a magazine that was nourishing me as an intellectual, long before it began publishing me as a journalist.”

The New Republic’s cultural critic was on the phone on Sept. 4, explaining what was coursing through his mind when he fired off comments in the “Talkback” section of his own New Republic blog, “Lee Siegel on Culture.” In the missives, he heaped praise on himself and insulted his critics—all under the anonymous handle “sprezzatura.”

Mr. Siegel’s barely camouflaged Internet self had offered him swift entry into the race to the bottom known as online reader commentary. In a sample posting, from Aug. 27, “sprezzatura” wrote to another poster, a nemesis named “jhschwartz”: “You’re a fraud, and a liar. And a wincingly pretentious writer. You couldn’t tie Siegel’s shoelaces.”

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3. New York Observer
Jon Meacham Wants Newsweek to Be More Like Hayes' Esquire
By Tom Scocca
9/11/06 edition
http://www.observer.com/20060911/20060911_Sheelah_Kolhatkar_pageone_offtherec-3.asp

“I think it’s a good time to be doing this,” Jon Meacham said.

It was the afternoon of Sept. 5, the day Newsweek announced that Mr. Meacham would be its next editor. An incoming editor is required to be excited about new times and new technologies, even if the ad economy is collapsing and the readership is all on HomeStarRunner.com or whatever it is this year.

But Mr. Meacham’s excitement had some specifics theories behind it: For instance, at least he doesn’t have to run a newspaper. A newspaper, he noted, has to put a daily report up on the Web, then figure out some other kind of daily report to put out on paper. A newsweekly, on the other hand, has the luxury of working in two different time frames, leaving Newsweek “institutionally better prepared” for a blended Web-and-print future.

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4. Washington Post
Newsweek Names Jon Meacham as New Top Editor
By Howard Kurtz
September 6, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501102.html

Jon Meacham, who began racing up the corporate ladder almost as soon as he joined Newsweek, was named the magazine's editor yesterday after nearly eight years in its No. 2 spot.

A Tennessee native who joined Newsweek 11 years ago, Meacham, 37, is a best-selling author who has specialized in writing about religion and history. Meacham, who takes over Oct. 2, is bullish on the role of the newsweeklies. "The idea that you can be either entirely analysis or entirely scoop-driven is a false choice," he said in an interview from New York. "We have to earn people's attention. Reporting is at the heart of the enterprise. We have to break news like a Web site, tell it like a monthly and do it every week."

"The idea that you can be either entirely analysis or entirely scoop-driven is a false choice," he said in an interview from New York. "We have to earn people's attention. Reporting is at the heart of the enterprise. We have to break news like a Web site, tell it like a monthly and do it every week."

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5. WWD
Memo Pad
By Stephanie D. Smith & Amy Wicks
9/06/06
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/108672

COMMON PEOPLE: The battle of the celebrity weeklies used to be between People and Us Weekly as the top two contenders, but recently In Touch has muscled in. The Bauer weekly has taken over as the second-biggest title in the category, and is now increasingly breathing down People's neck on the newsstand. For example, the Aug. 21 issue saw In Touch come within a few thousand copies — or even overtake — People as the top newsstand seller, depending on whom you cite. According to several sources familiar with scan data, People's Aug. 21 issue with the recycled cover story "Before They Were Stars," sold 1.24 million copies, compared with the 1.26 million copies In Touch sold that same week with its cover story on Jessica Simpson. The same sources also claim People's Sept. 4 issue with a report on the JonBenet Ramsey case sold 1.26 million, while In Touch's issue with a cover on Nicole Richie's shocking weight loss came in at 1.34 million copies.
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PINUP GIRL: Men all around the globe will find an added surprise in the September issue of Vogue Hommes International. The magazine devotes 48 pages to an unsurprisingly scantily clad Kate Moss in a series of photographs by Bruce Weber. The supplement looks like a personal collage and features stories and notes handwritten by Weber and Moss during their 15 years of working together. More than 70,000 supplements will be distributed as an onsert throughout the U.S. and other countries, including Russia, France, the U.K. and Italy.
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FORTUNE'S MEN: It appears John Huey's Southern charm worked on John Brodie, who has been wooed from his deputy editor's post at Rodale's Best Life to join Fortune as assistant managing editor next week. Brodie, who spent six years writing about crime, business and Hollywood for GQ, and worked at Premier, Us Weekly and Spy before helping to launch Rodale's fortysomething men's title, had been mulling over whether to join Cond? Nast Portfolio over the summer, but apparently felt Time Inc. would be a better home after meeting with Huey and Fortune managing editor Eric Pooley. "Brodie is terrific," said Pooley. "He has the business fundamentals and the magazine fundamentals so it will be a nice combination for us." Brodie's first duties will include editing Fortune's front-of-the-book sections and drumming up titillating cover packages as the title prepares for more competition in the business category once Portfolio launches next spring.

CLEANING HOUSE: After months of declining ad pages at House Beautiful, Hearst president Cathie Black showed vice president and publisher David Arnold the door after seven years at the helm and welcomed back Kate Kelly Smith, the launch publisher of Rodale's Women's Health. Smith will rejoin Hearst later this month. Smith was previously associate publisher, advertising director and trade advertising manager for House Beautiful between 1994 and 2001 and joins the home monthly as its ad pages have fallen 19.9 percent through July, to 339, and 29 percent from July 2004, according to Publishers Information Bureau.

6. Vulture Droppings
Interview with Rob Walker of the New York Times Magazine
9/05/06
http://www.vulturedroppings.com/back.php?x=228

There are two ways to play the consensus game. You can play it like a tug of war, where you pull as hard as you can and try to drag everyone a few inches in your direction. Or you can play it like bowling, and try to knock down all the pins by rolling straight down the middle. Cronkite, the Times, and the New Republic are bowlers. O'Reilly, Rush, Chomsky, and the Nation are tug of warriors. You get the idea.

Tug-of-war gets quick results, but bowling has its advantages as well. Roll a few strikes in a row, and pretty soon people are looking to you to define exactly where the middle is. The best bowlers, in other words, can wind up get promoted from player to referee. Rob Walker is just such a bowler. The New York Times Magazine "Consumed" columnist has spent so long mapping the territory where notions of cool and consumer product lust hit the marketplace that he's been appointed the semi-official keeper of the map.

In between the lines of Walker's Times articles are hints of a guy who reads the Baffler, listens to punk rock, and feels deeply for the plight of real people with problems larger than what Bape colorway to wear to tonight's Misshapes. He did, after all, write an entire book of ruminations on the landscape of his old hometown, New Orleans. You feel like he's gamely trying to suppress his gag reflex as he wades through the diamond-toothed junkyard of New York's "underground" street culture.

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7. Jossip
Introducing Four Weeks, The Online Maxi Mag to Keep You in the Flow
Sep 6, 2006
http://www.jossip.com/gossip/four-weeks-magazine/introducing-four-weeks-the-online-maxi-mag-to-keep-you-in-the-flow-20060906.php

Here's a new one for ya': a magazine specifically designed for women to follow along their natural cycle. Yup, we're talking about that cycle.

Four Weeks, a free online mag on the rag, debuted September 1, and intends to sync up with every women's individual weekly hormone cycle. Er, maybe we should let them explain:

This means we don't simply recommend the best undiscovered and quintessential products and travel destinations that help make a woman's life fuller, easier and more fun. We go one step further. We recommend only those products and places that a woman will enjoy and need most during each week of her monthly hormone cycle.

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8. Fashion Week Daily
What’s New, Interview?
By JIM SHI
9/05/06
http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=360741&itype=8486

Annabel Tollman, fashion director at Interview since May 2004, has taken a step back from her current position, The Daily has learned. Tollman, a former intern at Wallpaper who joined Interview in September 2003 and is perhaps best known as being Scarlett Johansson’s stylist, has been named contributing fashion editor at large. She joins Joanna Della Valle in her new capacity. According to a spokeswoman, Tollman is leaving the magazine in a full-time capacity to pursue personal projects. In related news, Interview editor in chief Ingrid Sischy has added stylist Kate Young to her magazine's masthead, annointing her contributing fashion editor at large as well. All three will work exclusively for Interview. Young is best known for her work with such New York-based celebrities as Natalie Portman, Jennifer Connolly, and Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger. The magazine spokeswoman added that additional appointments are likely to come in the near future, but that any announcement now would be premature. The full fashion team will be attending the upcoming shows.

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Whisper Jobs
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Ed hears...

... that Four Weeks (fourweeksmag.com), an online women’s monthly lifestyle magazine that launched on September 1 [and is mentioned in a news item above!], is seeking freelance writers to pitch the shopping, food, travel and DIY departments. Pay is modest but you get a byline. Please read the magazine and writer’s guidelines before pitching (fourweeksmag.com/writersguidelines.htm). Must be able to meet deadlines. Send pitches to editors@fourweeksmag.com. No phone calls, please. (OK to mention Ed)

... that Pioneer Press (a chain of 64 weekly newspapers in the Chicago suburbs) is hiring a page designer ASAP. Proficiency in Quark and Photoshop is crucial, and an added plus if the designer knows the News Edit Pro pagination system. Position is full time. Candidates should have one year of experience, a thorough understanding of hitting deadlines and a fantastic work ethic. Please send resumes to mmoore@pioneerlocal.com. (OK to mention Ed)

... that Hooters Magazine—think restaurants, not porn—is looking for freelance designers with magazine experience to handle layout. The book is published bimonthly, is planned to go monthly next year, and is carried on newsstands and in major bookstores nationwide. It’s also available in the restaurants internationally. We cover everything from gear to sports to drinking to tailgating to electronics to gaming… you get the idea. If you can handle designing within strict predetermined parameters, and tight deadlines… REALLY tight deadlines… don’t scare you, then we want to hear from you. Expert knowledge of InDesign is a must. Strong sense of design and typography is a must. Professionalism is a must. Sanity is optional. We want the best. In return you get paid, plus masthead mention, plus copies for your portfolio, or to give to your mom. Email resume and LINK to your samples (don’t attach samples, I will delete all emails with attachments. My email client crashes enough, thank you) to hireme@grabthethirdrail.com. Use “HOOTERS Freelance Designer” in the subject line to be sure we open it. And you can mention Ed.

... that Country Home is looking for an assistant design editor. Assist New York style editor in providing resources for and producing main editorial and front-of-book features covering a range of subjects within country context as approved or assigned. This includes: interior design projects and new products, lifestyle features, home design, fashion, health and beauty, and additional stories as assigned. This position will be responsible for representing Country Home at press events, sales calls, and roundtables as assigned. Assist Style Editor in assuring steady flow of product, trade, and scouted material. Assist in styling photography as assigned. Seek out and submit for approval new contributors for the magazine. Help coordinate product selection and market reporting for home department. Order and track shipment of merchandise for photography of building and interior design stories for Country Home magazine. Maintain project notebooks. Coordinate photo studio space and intra-city shipment of merchandise as necessary, and other aspects of prop management as assigned. Responsible for returning merchandise to manufacturers and setting up merchandise sales in the studio when needed. Manage logistics of showhouse projects and report on progress of project development and costs to Editor assigned to showhouse project, Managing Editor, and Creative Director. Serve as on-site project manager for out-of-state showhouses as necessary. Maintain source information for inclusion in Sources section. Assist editors on photo shoots as assigned. Keep designer resource room and database of industry contacts up to date. Coordinate meetings for visiting industry contacts. Experience: Two years professional work experience in publishing, marketing or public relations, office management, events planning, or related area. To apply for this position please send resume to: Meredith Corporation, Human Resources/Dept. #Country Home, 125 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017-5529; NYHR@meredith.com (Don't mention Ed)

Internships

... that O, The Oprah Magazine is looking for a full time fall intern in the style department of its New York City office. Candidates must have a demonstrated interest in the home/style market (this is NOT fashion), be highly organized, detail-oriented, and possess the ability to juggle multiple tasks at once. Responsibilities include calling in products, assisting on photo shoots, and some administrative duties. Prior magazine internship experience a must. Open to recent graduates. Must be able to start mid to end of September and work full-time, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. , 5 days a week. Send resume and cover letter to oprahfashionintern@hearst.com (please put "STYLE DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP" in the subject heading). Deadline is September 12th, applications will not be reviewed after that time. ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS.

... that Four Weeks (fourweeksmag.com), an online women’s monthly lifestyle magazine that launched on September 1, is seeking two unpaid interns for the editorial department. This is a telecommuting position, so you must have your own computer. Seeking individuals who can work five hours per week. Flexible schedule. Responsibilities include research, fact-checking and writing blurbs and sidebars. Potential to write paid articles with byline. Include a cover letter and resume in the body of an email and send to editors@fourweeksmag.com. Attachments will not be opened. No phone calls, please. (OK to mention Ed)

... that World Picture Network is looking for dedicated interns with a passion for photography and journalism. World Picture Network is a fast growing, independent, photo agency based in New York City that is a world leader in photojournalism, distributing imagery of top photographers to more than 3,000 news media clients worldwide. Our website is: www.worldpicturenews.com Working as an intern with WpN, you will gain familiarity with all aspects of the photo agency business, and have first hand experience of the daily runnings of a busy newsroom. Be a part of the biggest stories of the day as they happen in real time. Among your responsibilities will be to process daily news images; package diverse picture stories in travel, business, health, science, arts and sports from around the world; learn the diverse ways in which to package and market stories across media on a global basis; and meet some of the top journalists and editors in the business. Interested candidates should have a strong knowledge of and interest in photography and news events, a desire to work with a winning team in a historic tri-beca setting, and possess a general delight and curiosity about photography and the world. Interns should have good computer skills, both on Mac and PC platforms and technical skills of using Imacon or flatbed film scanner(s) and familiarity with Adobe PhotoShop CS. Accuracy and attention to detail are key when the world is depending on the quality of the information provided. Please send resumes to info@worldpicturenews.com with the subject “Internship” or fax your resume with a cover letter to the attention of Fiamma Piacentini/Assistant Photo Editor at 212.925.4569.

... that Bridal Guide, a national magazine based in New York, is still seeking a proactive, detail-oriented fall intern to begin immediately in our features/travel department. Having a great attitude and excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) are super-important qualities. This is an unpaid internship, but you may receive academic credit. You'll have the opportunity to write short, bylined articles; interact with top editors; and learn the ins and outs of working at a consumer magazine. The job includes fact checking and reporting as well as administrative duties. You must be able to work at least two full days per week. Our ideal candidate(s) will have a strong interest in women's magazines. We're a small, friendly staff who will consider you to be an important member of the team. Please e-mail your cover letter and resume to Valerie Berrios, assistant editor, at vberrios@bridalguide.com. No calls, please. (OK to mention Ed)

... that Trump magazine is still looking for a fall editorial intern to work at least 3 days per week through December. Our preference is a current college student, though recent grads may be considered. Duties include photo and article research, fact-checking, some writing, and assisting the senior editorial staff with whatever is needed (read: scheduling meetings, filing, mailings, etc). In return, there will be a stipend to cover transportation and lunch, and we can likely work out school credit if you need it. We are looking for someone to start ASAP. Oh...and you must live in the NYC area. To apply, please send a resume and brief cover letter demonstrating your expertise in the body of an e-mail to: Managing Editor Kristen Ball at kball@ppgmedia.com. No attachments, no phone calls, and serious applicants only, please. (OK to mention Ed)

... that LDB Interior Textiles, a home fashions trade magazine, is still looking for an unpaid web intern to assist in revamping its website and updating the site periodically. The ideal candidate must be proficient in Photoshop, HTML, Dreamweaver, Mac OS, and be familiar with other web programs (Flash, _Javascript, etc.) Knowledge of the home fashions industry is preferred, but not required. Familiarity with editing and publishing is a plus. Qualified candidates must be enrolled students and be eligible to receive college credit. Interested candidates can email a cover letter and resume to editorial@ewwpi.com and reference 'Web Intern' in subject line.

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