Mister Line Editor
Mister Line Editor
  • Proofreading and Editing Services
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Children's Books
  • Customer Reviews
  • Contact Me
  • Proofreading and Editing Services
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Children's Books
  • Customer Reviews
  • Contact Me

Four Steps to Becoming a Newspaper Columnist

2/16/2017

0 Comments

 
Barbara Glenn reports:

"There are many jobs that a writer can have and some are going to be remunerated in different ways than others. The important thing to consider is that you might want more prestige at first than income and writing in a [n]ewspaper as a columnist is always going to be a very powerful way to introduce yourself to the world as a professional writer. There is no denying that newspapers are no longer as useful as they used to be. The modern world is no longer in need of printed news as it once was. The good news is that newspapers are still read by millions of people. The bad news is that you are probably not going to earn much of a salary if you become a columnist for a local newspaper...The first thing to do is to find out how many papers there are in your area and then do a research in order to find out as much as you can about them. Get their contact info and remember to include weekly papers too...Purchase each of those papers to get a good idea of the kind of writing that you could be doing if you get hired. This is important because you might not be interested in a sensationalist paper...Let them know who you are, what you know and what you can do. It should be obvious, but make sure that you write a letter with proper grammar and punctuation. This is going to be a deal[-]breaker if they find mistakes and you are trying to apply for a job as a columnist...If you find a paper you particularly [like and it] call[s] you and offer[s] you a job, you should also go to the other interviews you managed to land because you might find the staff in another paper to be a better fit for you...If a prestigious paper offers you a job without pay just to test your skills for a few weeks or months, you might want to consider taking that job if you know this will boost your professional career...Remember that writing requires a great deal of responsibility on your part. You need to learn to analyze every single word you will say because your audience could easily make you lose your job if they are infuriated or displeased with something you say...Stay professional and try to avoid making things personal unless your column is meant to take things personally...Having a job as a writer will always require that you become a great researcher and learning to make the most out of your [I]nternet searches is going to give you excellent results. Some search engines will provide different results from what you would find in others, so always make sure that you know your way around the top engines instead of only using one for your results...Becoming a columnist for a newspaper can be a great experience and even if you don’t make any substantial money, you will be able to gain a reputation for being a professional writer and that is extremely valuable."
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    Writing and editing can be pretty rigorous processes if you want to do them well, but that's what this page is here for. Check out the latest tips here.

    Archives

    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    J.D. Parsons
    Author
    SEO Writer
    Proofreader
    Editor
    Internet Researcher
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.