A new feature bringing you highlights from the mediabistro.com discussion boards. This week:

minty409: "For those of you who left jobs at magazines and newspapers - what do you do now?"

westsidestory: "I moved from journalism (first magazines, then daily newspapers) into book publishing, where I've been for the last 8 years."

df: "After 8 years a Managing editor and EIC at lifestyle magazines I switched to pr agency, to corporate, to my own biz. All moves were good and never regretted."

Check out (or add to) the conversation here: Who has left straight journalism?

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