No job? Blog

What do you do when you’re laid off? You blog.

Movable Type (I use their TypePad application for my writing blog) is offering free pro accounts to laid off journalists.

For Laid-Off Journalists, Free Blog Accounts – NYTimes.com reports:

“Brooke-Sidney Gavins, a broadcast journalism student at the University of Southern California, is hoping to be chosen to help her nascent writing career. ‘I understand that there may not be a ‘guaranteed’ job with a major media organization after I graduate,’ Ms. Gavins said. ‘A lot of new journalists are going to have to build their careers more guerrilla-style by selling their stories and promoting their work all the time.’”

Of course, you don’t need to wait until you’re laid off, and you shouldn’t. These days a blog is an essential tool for any writer.

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