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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Journalists are more ethical than doctors and lawyers? Tell me another one.[/quote]
You misread my point, which was that I don't think doctors and lawyers (or folks in other professions, for that matter) worry about being too "principled" when it comes to moving to perfectly reasonable jobs that can make them more money. There's nothing wrong with fully maximizing your skill set, whether you're a journalist by training, a doctor, a lawyer, or anything else.

But feel free to continue on the reporter-bashing, we're used to it!

[quote]Back to the PR subthread. As a journalist (50 yo, $83k), I have so many PR flacks calling me every day to pitch me on stories, to see if I got their emails, etc. I just don't know if I want to/can do that. I feel like the job is basically sales for many of them. I can see doing PR for a nonprofit perhaps, but I still think you're judged on how many people pick up the story you're trying to sell them.[/quote]
Yeah, you have a point there. I think I get, oh, 20-40 emails a day. Maybe more, I've stopped counting and jus hit delete. However, some flaks are really good at what they do; it's the ones who just shoot off press releases to every reporter, regardless of what that person covers, who grind my gears. The good ones know how to pitch a real story, not just a "hey write a story about my client's product please please please please"[/quote]

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