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| burgundy | Posted – 8/8/2005 12:59:47 AM | show profile I'm a member, joined to take advantage of their conferences, trainings and boot-camps. Just wondering if being member gives you any pull when querying. Is it obnoxious to tell editors in your pitch that you're a member of various journalism associations, like the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, of which I am also a member? Or ASJA, for example. |
| MCM | Posted – 8/8/2005 11:31:07 AM | show profile when I was a newspaper reporter I was a member of both IRE and NAHJ. I felt like NAHJ was better for networking but IRE was better for developing skills. I've always mentioned both of them in my resumes. Although I've never had an editor tell me, ''wow, you're a member of IRE, well let's talk'', I've always felt it set me apart from other reporters who were non-members because it gave me additional skills such as data-base reporting. Now the cynical part: I found in today's industry, investigative skills are not really encouraged, understood or appreciated by most editors. |
| belinda | Posted – 8/8/2005 11:57:35 AM | show profile No membership gives a writer pull when querying. It's not obnoxious to mention; it's just meaningless. The story idea and your skills have meaning in a query. Membership in organizations pretty much means the writer filled out an application and paid the membership fee. |
| burgundy | Posted – 8/8/2005 12:59:01 PM | show profile Thanks to you both... |
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