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Dana Robinson

Dana Robinson is a freelance health, beauty, and culture writer with 20 years of experience creating content for publications including Shape, WeightWatchers, Wine Enthusiast, AARP, and Southwest: The Magazine. She holds a master's degree in mass communication from California State University-Northridge.

48 articles

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How To Pitch: Narratively

This clickbait-free zone offers a gateway to stories of ordinary people who have extraordinary lives

Launched in September 2012 by a group of writers, reporters and photographers in New York, Narratively came on the scene just as long-form journalism was entering its current renaissance. While not all stories on the site are long-form, every piece of writing, video and photo essay sticks to its mission of uncovering human-interest gems through good storytelling.

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How to Pitch Shift Magazine: A Guide for Freelance Writers

Circulation: Currently comes to subscribers of Automotive News, which has a circulation of 60,000 Frequency: 5x/year   Background: Shift debuted this year as an offshoot of Automotive News, the B-to-B publication that covers the automotive…

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How To Pitch: Writer’s Digest

Circulation: 60,000 Frequency: 8x/year + 2 special issues Special issues: Yearbook (December); Craft-Based Workbook (July) Background: In an era where print publications have been folding left and right—crushed under the weight of too much competition or the…

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job seeker confident about cover letter

The Keys to Writing a Cover Letter That Gets You Hired

A resume can be thought of as a summation of your professional life on a page—cold, hard facts about your education; start and end dates of various jobs; lists of software programs you've mastered along…

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woman dealing with multiple layoffs

How to Bounce Back After Multiple Layoffs in Media

Dealing with one job loss is bad enough, but media professionals have found themselves downsized once, twice, sometimes even three times. Repeated blows to the income, and in some cases the self-esteem, could be enough…

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4 Warning Signs You Might Be Getting Laid Off

Although 2008 and the Great Recession are far behind us, the media industry is still dealing with its fair share of layoffs. Just a few months ago The Detroit News, Gannett, USA Today, and Bloomberg announced…

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How to Handle Criticism From Your Boss (And Grow From It)

It may take the form of an annual performance review, or perhaps it’s an impromptu come-into-my-office-so-we-can-discuss-a-few-things conversation. But no matter what shape it arrives in, critical comments from your boss can be hard to digest.…

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