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Wanted snapper, video and audio person who can write

By Andrew Grant-Adamson • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Journalism, Multimedia, online news

The description of the person needed for an internship at the St Louis Post-Dispatch looks like “the job description for a 21st century journalist”, says Alfred Herminda who uncovered it.

Audio, video and stills are all part of the job as well as the “ability to write cleanly and create engaging, informative blog entries, captions, web teases and headlines”.

Nothing about finding and researching stories.

Andrew Grant-Adamson is Andrew Grant-Adamson is a journalist who now teaches a new generation of writers, subs and editors at the University of Westminster.
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