I was given an open invitation for an entry level job writing copy for CNN.com in Atlanta. The pay was bad, and the reporting probably rudimentary, but it was a good name, a position with a clear line of succession and a straight path to New York or Los Angeles – the media markets in [...]

I am moving to Philadelphia. Back to Philadelphia. So, I am looking for a home. Another home. For two years, I lived on the bottom floor of a row home in the 3300-block of North Park Avenue in the Lower Tioga neighborhood of North Philadelphia. I walked to the Allegheny stop on the Broad Street [...]

Somebody hire me. I have returned from more than a month of backpacking Europe and travel podcasting at WeDontSpeaktheLanguage.com. Now I am excited to put all I have learned to work in one of the world’s great cities. So, here’s my idealistic plea. I want challenging work in Philadelphia; work that requires me to write [...]

Last month I posted about how damn TV shows affect how I feel about where I am destined professionally. I am not someone who is very good at living in the moment, at enjoying what I have without worrying what will come next. Currently, I am taking a stab at fighting that instinct, backpacking through Europe [...]

I’ve been told relentlessly that The Wire is the best show that has been on TV in years. Aside from Slate magazine, I got that message no less than a dozen times from friend and journalist Chris Reber. I watched the first episode for the first time yesterday and, instead, got caught up in reading [...]

Got an e-mail from Harvard University yesterday: Thank you for your application to the following position at Harvard University. Although we are unable to further your candidacy for this specific position at this time, we appreciate your interest in Harvard. I applied Aug. 15 for a full-time position I saw on Journalism Jobs, called the assistant editor of [...]

By Christopher Wink | Dec. 30, 2008 | Publish2 It is 11:55 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2008: minutes before deadline. Perfect. I am very young and very green. Sometimes I spend entire hours thinking about everything I don’t know. Then I go ask a journalist. My name is Christopher Wink, and I am the future [...]

UWIRE REALIZED PEOPLE LOVE lists. The 14-year-old college journalism association spent the past few months compiling their inaugural list of what they’re calling the UWire 100 – the 100 top, most promising college journalists in the country. It’s a first go of it, so it is surely not comprehensive, but an honor nonetheless. See the [...]

Understand, I take relish in few things as much as I do in being an old head, knowing little about technology, what is new and fresh. The trouble is that I am modestly pursuing a career in media. I graduate from Temple University in less than three months, with no job, little direction, and few [...]

Well, I am taking another swing at this whole ‘getting a job’ upon graduating in May. Today, I am submitting my name for an internship in capital city Harrisburg, Pa., with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association, associated with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, the group that awarded me, among others, a Keystone Press Award earlier this [...]