Q: I am looking to reenter the journalism scene after a year hiatus, and find myself at a severe disadvantage, having misplaced the hard copies of the newspapers in which my work has previously appeared.
Which option do you think would serve me best- making a trip to the city where I worked (7 hours away) to photocopy several pieces of my work, or work with what I have from here, which is access to a smattering of print archives whose text is interrupted several times by large ADVERTISE HERE web banners? Do editors frown upon work printed from website pages, if there is no way to make them look more professional?
Virginia
A: All successful newspaper Web pages seem to look about the same -- with ads on them.
Use Web page printouts and save yourself the seven-hour drives.
If they have a "printer friendly" option, use that.
