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Reporter resumes lacking web experience

Posted by Cory Bergman on April 16, 2007

I took a quick look at the bulletin board where students and young reporters post their resumes — about 50 of them now — and less than a quarter make any mention of the web. This despite the fact that most of them likely have MySpace or Facebook blogs (and aren’t all journalism schools teaching HTML now?) Most of the resumes, however, do mention that they can shoot and edit. It’s good to see they’ve caught up to 2004, but a lack of web experience on a resume is a non-starter for me if I were hiring for a TV reporter position — especially in a smaller market.