| My First Job ...
Karla Garrett Harshaw |
Karla Garrett Harshaw, editor, Springfield (Ohio)
News-Sun, and senior editor, Cox Community Newspapers
I always tell students to get experience as early as possible.
That opportunity came to me when I persuaded my middle school
language arts teacher to allow me to write for her black community
paper. One thing led to another. I wrote for a local magazine,
and in my sophomore year in high school, I was hired on a
summer program to work for the Dayton Daily News. That
summer pilot project became a long-time job for me. I became
a stringer, intern and eventually a full-time reporter.
I never went away. Now, I am editor of the Springfield
(Ohio) News-Sun and senior editor for Cox Community
Newspapers. Dayton was a Cox paper, too. I value the experience
that I received during high school and college. It allowed
me to meet people in the industry, get on-the-job training
and further my passion for journalism.
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First Job archive
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vice president and editor, El Paso (Texas) Times
Karla Garrett Harshaw,
editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun
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editor, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
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executive editor, The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
E.J. Mitchell,
managing editor, The Detroit News
Ricardo Pimentel,
columnist, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
Africa Price, managing
editor, The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun
Mark Russell,
assistant managing editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
John Quinn, senior
advisory trustee, Freedom Forum
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