Karen York is the
city editor of The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, S.C.
Since this was published, York has become an education
reporter at The State in Columbia, S.C. |
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Skills for Year Ahead
My start in this business came in 1991 when I began working at my hometown
newspaper, The Times and Democrat (circulation 17,500) in Orangeburg, S.C.
Initially my duties were split between copy editing and reporting, but
later I became a full-time reporter.
Today, I serve as city editor. In this supervisory position, I not only
write but I also have a say about the types of stories that go into our
newspaper every day. Being city editor affords me the chance to increase
The T&D’s coverage of Orangeburg’s large African American community,
which includes two historically black institutions: Claflin College and
South Carolina State University.
From typing in obituaries to taking photos to laying out pages to writing
front-page investigative stories, signing on at a small newspaper offers
a novice journalist a chance to learn how to do it all, to advance faster
than you would at a larger paper and to make a difference in the community
where you work and live.
And the variety of marketable skills you can acquire will be invaluable
to you throughout your career, no matter where you choose to go.
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