*******
Woolens
*******
Thank goodness Ed got his winter clothes out of storage this weekend!

*******
News
*******
1. Newsday
Mentors' odyssey picks up a thoroughly modern pace
By Patricia Kitchen
November 20, 2005
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzkitchen4518867nov20,0,7939051.column

Ask anyone who came of age before "The Apprentice" about mentoring and you'll likely hear about a seasoned, high-ranking person taking a promising novice under wing - providing guidance through the workplace landscape and coaching on the climb up what was once a predictable career ladder. Mentoring today, though, like just about everything else, is quicker, more focused, less top-down, and even virtual: People are changing employers, even careers, more often, juggling more balls at a quicker pace, with their needs and priorities varying increasingly by age group.

[skipping ahead to the part about Ed...]

Speed mentoring

When it comes to economizing on time, it's tough to beat the 60-minute mentoring program run through Ed2010.com. That's a site for young magazine editors founded three years ago by Chandra Czape, deputy editor at CosmoGIRL magazine.

Editor wannabes get matched up with professionals - about 100 editors so far have participated - with the knowledge that the clock is ticking. Meetings to learn how to get entree to a job are limited to an hour. It's all about "getting you in the door and getting you in the know," says Czape.

MORE ONLINE

Times Washington bureau chief Philip Taubman writes in his memo announcing Todd Purdum's departure: "Few reporters in the long history of The Times have matched the radiance of his writing, his unerring knack for coming up with just the right anecdotes to launch and tell a story and his command of so many journalistic forms, including news, portraiture, analysis, scene, essay, narrative and history." ALSO: Jim Impoco leaves the Times business desk to become deputy editor of Conde Nast's new business magazine.

MORE ONLINE

'Tis the season to shine for the women's service magazines, their prime time for helping nice moms cope with the chore of creating holiday niceness.

Good Housekeeping, the biggest of the four titles with a circulation of 4.6 million, splashes a wholesome Reese Witherspoon on the cover in a strapless lam?© holiday number. She gives her thoughts "on making marriage work and being an old-fashioned mom." The cover story, "Holiday Magic ??” 254 Inspiring Ideas," is anchored among sweet sidebars including "Dazzling Decorating," "Christmas Cookie...

Redbook, the smallest of the pack with a circulation of 2.35 million, is picking up new readers with a format intended for more sophisticated homemakers. Subscriptions are up 3.5 percent. Its cover girl, "Law and Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay, talks about achieving success later in life. Redbook still likes to embrace sparkly holiday clothes and quick holiday dishes, but its main cover stories are mommy-centric: "Relax & Rejoice ??” Guide to Happy Hassle-Free Holidays" and "A Lifetime of Hot Sex? Yes!" Instead of giving hints on trimming trees, the issue tells how to trim pounds. It's for the more urbane homemaker, but it still offers recipes using canned soup.

MORE ONLINE

4. New York Magazine
Life After Lapham
By Kurt Andersen
12/5/05
http://www.nymetro.com/nymetro/news/columns/imperialcity/15257/index.html

Lewis Lapham, the editor of Harper??™s, is very old-school. He wears a beautiful dark suit and a necktie tight around his buttoned collar. He not only still smokes (Parliaments, the recherch?© brand of Bond girls), he smokes in his office. He was educated at Hotchkiss and Yale and Cambridge. His manner, personal as well as literary, is Gore Vidalian, a patrician alloy of faint amusement and grand disappointment. He runs a 155-year-old, self-consciously old-fashioned magazine that??™s all about plain text, not packaging or pictures. The frothiest magazine he reads regularly is The New Yorker. He reads nothing at all online.

???I don??™t have a computer. I may have to get one.???

Why now? Lapham turns 71 next month.

MORE ONLINE

5. Women??™s Wear Daily
Memo Pad
By Samantha Conti and Jeff Bercovici
12/5/05
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/103007

RICHEMONT'S REVENGE: Advertisers can be a tricky bunch, and Compagnie Financi??re Richemont's outspoken South African chief executive Johann Rupert is no exception. A Richemont spokeswoman has confirmed an item in London's Daily Mail that Rupert has pulled the group's ads from Wallpaper magazine because of an insult to his native Afrikaans language in the September issue. Said insult appears not in an article, but in a picture caption in an otherwise upbeat travel spread on Cape Town. The picture shows architect Jan van Wijk's soaring, soft-edged monument to Afrikaans, which the caption refers to as a "remarkable 1975 tribute to one of the world's ugliest languages."
MORE ONLINE

SHAPING UP: Valerie Latona, the new editor in chief of Shape magazine, is putting her senior editorial team in place. Latona, who was promoted from beauty editor after the ouster of former editor in chief Anne Russell, has hired three deputy editors: Janet Lee, previously fitness director at Self, is coming onboard as deputy editor in charge of fitness; Tricia Calvo, previously articles editor at Fitness, will oversee health and nutrition, and Mary Rose Almasi, who has been working on a variety of special projects at Hearst, will head up the beauty and fashion departments. A major part of their jobs will be to liaise with Shape staffers in the magazine's Woodland Hills, Calif., office, said Latona. Shape also has hired Sarah Robbins, a reporter at Glamour, as staff writer.

TRUMP'S JACKPOT: Reading celebrity magazines doesn't make you smart, but it just might make you rich. In Touch will be holding a $1 million giveaway this Wednesday night, with Donald Trump selecting the winner from three candidates. The finalists qualified by filling out questionnaires on the "Biggest Moments of the Year" in the magazine's Oct. 21 issue. A spokesman for the magazine said Trump will announce plans for the first Los Angeles-based edition of "The Apprentice" at the event, which marks In Touch's third anniversary.
MORE ONLINE

6. MarketWatch
The Week wants to be taken seriously
Commentary: But it will never be confused with Time
By Jon Friedman
Dec. 5, 2005
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B6F0185B1%2DD69F%2D4F71%2D9F08%2D1F3C63FF5E66%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

Seriously!

Yes, The Week can boast a battalion of adoring celebrity fans and impressive financial progress. Still, I doubt that the offbeat news magazine will be confused with Time, Newsweek or even US News any time soon. Put simply, The Week, at a precocious 4 1/2 years old, sorely lacks the prestige, reach and depth of its rivals.

The Week's claim to fame is that it publishes news without relying on original reporting (as approximately 99.9% of its counterparts do). While the publication's officials dread the pejorative label of a cut-and-paste operation, The Week does come dangerously close to filling that description.

It's certainly not for a lack of sweat. Editor-in-Chief William Falk told me that The Week's 17 staffers read -- or, more accurately, I suppose, glance at -- something like 1,000 publications a week and quote 200 sources per issue.

MORE ONLINE

************
Whisper Jobs
************
Ed hears ...

... that Rodale Custom Publishing needs a freelance copy editor January 3-6 and January 11-13. Must have at least 1 year consumer magazine copyediting experience. Must know InDesign! Must be able to come in one day before job term to train. Send resume, brief cover letter and three references to jennifer.hawthorne@rodale.com. Please do not apply if you do not meet all of the above qualifications. (OK to mention Ed)

... that Laptop, the #1 magazine dedicated to covering mobile technology, is seeking an experienced magazine writer/editor with an organized mind to fulfill the reviews editor position. Duties include developing, assigning, and editing reviews for content, scheduling review run dates for the web and magazine. The editor will work closely with our reviews coordinator to gather new products. Candidates should have three-plus years of experience at a technology-focused magazine or web site and be comfortable performing benchmark tests on notebooks and other mobile devices. The ideal candidate has strong relationships with industry contacts, a great sense of critical analysis, an aggressive personality driven to land review exclusives, and the ability to multitask. Applicants must be comfortable working with freelancers and adhering to fast deadlines. Starting salary under $50,000. Full health and dental coverage included. Send your resume and cover letter to mbertz@bedfordmags.com. (Best not to mention Ed)

... that Laptop magazine is also seeking a full-time, experienced technology writer who has the familiarity and ability to review mobile devices such as notebooks and cell phones in a critical and engaging style. Job responsibilities include writing reviews, fielding reader questions for the Ask the Geek column, and updating our web-based buyer??™s guides. Qualified candidates should have at least two years experience in covering mobile technology and have the ability to build strong relationships with industry contacts. Must be organized and comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Starting salary under $40,000. Full health and dental insurance included. Send your resume and cover letter to mbertz@bedfordmags.com. (Best not to mention Ed)

... that Giant, the monthly entertainment magazine is looking to hire a part-time, freelance copy editor to help out with its monthly closings. The job will be approximately two weeks a month (five days a week), but schedule is flexible. Must have at least two years' experience, excellent grammar, punctuation and spelling skills. Familiarity with InDesign a plus, as well as an interest in entertainment and pop culture. Qualified candidates will take an edit test. Please e-mail your resume with a brief cover letter (as well as your desired hourly rate and availability) to sarene.leeds@giantmag.com. (OK to mention Ed)

... that a Center City Philadelphia health publisher may be looking for a temp/temp-to-perm/permanent editorial assistant within the next month or so. Send your resume in Word or PDF form to resume@phillytemps.com or fax to 215-875-2870. It??™s best to keep following up with this temp agency once you??™re registered with them (which hires for two local publishing companies) and be sure to express your interest in any publishing or editorial jobs. (DO NOT mention Ed)

Internships

... that QuizFest, an entertainment magazine for teen and tween girls is looking for an editorial intern for the spring semester, one to two days a week beginning in mid-January. Interest in celebrities, music and pop culture is a must. (Love of magazine quizzes is a plus.) It's a small staff and a fun, laid-back environment, so there will be plenty of chances to pitch ideas and write stories. Duties will also include some administrative work (filing, transcribing interviews) and story research. The internship is flexible, but it must be for school credit. QuizFest is located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, just a short subway and bus ride away from Manhattan. Interested candidates should e-mail resumes to akasper@bauerpublishing.com. (OK to mention Ed)

... that a NYC-based celebrity photo agency is now taking applications for winter/spring internships. Interested in a career in magazines? A Pop-culture junkie? This is a great place to start! Knowledge of Macs and PhotoShop a plus, a love of pop-culture a must. Internship is unpaid, but school credit is available. Please send resume and letter of interest to: mcloutier@infphoto.com (OK to mention Ed)

*********
About Ed:
Ed2010 is a purely volunteer organization dedicated to helping people reach their dream magazine jobs by the year 2010. Find out more (and donate to the cause!) at ed2010.com

Whisper jobs? Send 'em to whispers@ed2010.com

Blogalicious! Catch up with Ed's Girl on the Hunt at http://ed2010.blogspot.com

Ed has message boards, yo.
Ed on Campus @ http://www.ed2010.com/eocboard.html
Ed2010 @ http://www.ed2010.com/boards.html

How to unsubscribe from this newsletter:
Email: 5557-unsubscribe@zinester.com
or go to: http://www.zinester.com/mpb/unsub.cgi?5557

How to subscribe:
Email: 5557-subscribe@zinester.com
or go to: http://www.zinester.com/mpb/ml_fs.cgi?topic=5557

BTW, Ed doesn't endorse the advertisement you see below. It's just what happens when you use a free e-newsletter service.