Published: September 23, 1996
Last Updated: October 01, 1996
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Job fairs offer editors a unique opportunity to interview dozens of minority applicants around the country. Editor recruiters can interview minority college juniors and seniors for entry-level openings and internships. Recruiters pay their own transportation and hotel costs. Seminars on newsroom diversity and group meals are part of the conference. Usually there is a modest registration fee for each newspaper that participates to help offset the job fair’s cost. There is no limit on the number of recruiters from a particular newspaper.

Three (Detroit; Tacoma, Wash.; and Richmond, Va.) will be co-sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America and will include recruiting for business-side newspaper jobs (advertising, marketing, circulation, personnel operations). Please get in touch with the contact for the individual fairs:

Atlanta Sept. 26-28. Contact Brenda Carson (404/526-5480), Atlanta Journal and Constitution, P.O. Box 4689, Atlanta, GA 30302. Fax: 404/526-5033, e-mail: bcarson@ajc.com. Co-sponsored by the Black College Communication Association.

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 7-8. Contact Randy Smith (816/234-4884) Kansas City Star, 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108. Fax: 816/234-4923.

Detroit Nov. 21-23. Contact Joe Grimm (313/222-6490), Detroit Free Press, 321 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226. Fax: 313/222-5981, e-mail: grimm@det-freepress.com. Co-sponsored by the Detroit News and Detroit Newspapers.

El Paso, Texas Jan. 9-11. Contact Sheela Wolford (915/747-7436) University of Texas at El Paso, Student Publications, 105 E. Union, El Paso, TX 79968. Fax: 915/747-8031, e-mail: sheelaw@utep.edu.

Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 14-15. Contact Gary Jasinek (206/497-8656), Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune, P.O. Box 1100, Tacoma, WA 98411. Fax: 206/497-8274, e-mail: GDJ@p.tribnet.com.

Springfield, Mass. Feb. 21-22. Contact Anita Saulmon (413/788-1312), Springfield (Mass.) Union-News, P.O. Box 2350, Springfield, MA 01102-2350. Fax: 413/788-1301, e-mail: asaulmon@aol.com.

Richmond, Va. Feb. 27-March 1. Contact Katherine Lewis (804/550-2361), Virginia Press Association, P.O. Box 86513, Richmond, VA 23285-5613. Fax: 804/550-2407, e-mail: vapress@infi.net.

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