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We’ve got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump…

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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Click here by 5pm Wednesday to enter and include your name, contact info, and affiliation. Only people not already ticketed will be given the seat. Winners will be selected at random.

Guests at the table include…

Laurel Touby, CEO, mediabistro.com
Ana Marie Cox, Washington editor, Time.com
Dorian Benkoil, editorial director, mediabistro.com
Brian Stelter, editor, TVNewser.com
Patrick Gavin, editor, FishbowlDC.com; columnist, Washington Examiner
Kara Rowland, Washington Times
Jeanette Dove, Two Mundos
David Francis, Washington Examiner

Congrats again to the winners. Unfortunately, Rachel Barth will not be able to make it so the #4 winner, David Francis, will take her spot.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

With almost 60,000 votes out of over 180,000 cast, the Washington Times Kara Rowland has won FishbowlDC’s first Rising Star competition.

The top ten:

1. Kara Rowland, Washington Times
2. Jeanette Dove, Two Mundos
3. Rachel Barth, Washington Examiner
4. David Francis, Washington Examiner
5. Mike Memoli, National Journal / Hotline
6. Bill Roggio, embedded journalist
7. Scott McCrary, CBS
8. Christina Bellantoni, Washington Times
9. Sue Davis, Roll Call
10. Jen Haberkorn, Washington Times

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated.

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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

The standings, with 140,000 votes in:

1. Jeanette Dove
2. Kara Rowland
3. Rachel Barth
4. David Francis
5. Bill Roggio

See the results and vote here. Voting ends at 5pm today.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

We don’t want to say that something is fishy, but, well, you know…

Regardless, voting closes Monday evening. Will someone make a last minute surge? We’ve seen it before (ahem, Lesley Lopez). If not, and if Barth and Francis take the whole thing, I’ll have to be ready to field all the conspiracy theories in our anonymous tips box about how the whole thing was rigged.

Vote here.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Plus: We’ll be giving away seats to lucky winners we’ll pick at random. Click here to enter the raffle (send your name, affiliation and contact info).

Now, before you write in to complain about so-and-so not getting included, etc., etc., let’s explain a few things.

1.) If you didn’t get nominated, you didn’t get considered. The pool of contenders was chosen by you.
2.) Some (actually, many) people were not included because, in our opinion, they were already “risen”, not “rising” (For instance: Ed Henry was nominated. Funnily enough, so was Helen Thomas). So, for some of you, it’s a compliment.
3.) We did our best to limit the number of finalists from each publication, from certain beats, and from each medium (print, radio, broadcast, etc.).
4.) Most importantly, we’re well aware that the list is imperfect. We did our best. Our apologies in advance if you felt snubbed. Dorian, Inky and Patrick discussed the finalists but the finalists were mostly determined by consulting with employees at various news organizations for their insight, thoughts and advice.

Okay, so this is how it’s going work: After the jump is the list of finalists. If you’re already attending the National Press Foundation Annual Awards Dinner on February 22, let us know. Unfortunately, we’ll have to remove your name from consideration, since that means you won’t be able to sit with us (*tear*). Also, if you simply don’t want to be considered, please also let us know. Then, with the list tweaked as/if needed, we will open up voting Thursday morning and it will go through Monday.

Click below for the finalists…

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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.