James Fallows

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Who says there are no good jobs left in journalism?

19 Nov 2008 09:50 pm

Here is exciting news. The (state-run) China Daily may be opening a US edition!!  Clues here, with thanks to Michele Travierso. If you're an experienced but job-threatened native speaker of English who can see the wry possibilities in writing headlines like the front-pager below, your time may have come.  I might look into it myself.

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A few other keeper headlines shown here, here, here, and here; and an exploration of the thinking behind this form of journalism here.  (Update: via Charlie McElwee of Shanghai, more info from the China Daily-USA web site.)