Perhaps it’s an attempt to soften the blow of the impending newsroom cuts at Newsday. But the paper has organized a meeting for next week that showcases careers you can enter after journalism. For example, you can be a social worker. Here’s the (sobering) memo:
Yes, There Is Life After Newsday
Tuesday, 11 AM to 12:15 PM, Newsday auditorium
Former Newsday staffers talk about their present endeavors, transferable skills, resources that were useful, the informal Newsday alumni network, freelance writing, jobs in higher ed, the ups, the downs, what they know now that they wish they had known when they started. Come hear:
–Carolyn Colwell, former business and court reporter, now a clinical social worker psychotherapist
–Diane Ortiz, former ESG technician, now president of the Big Apple Motorcycle School, Inc.
–Ron Roel, former Act II and real estate editor, now president of Roel Resources LLC
–Stu Vincent, former reporter and Newsday spokesperson, now assistant vice president for university relations, Hofstra University
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