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Back in April, I was offered and accepted the job as managing editor of The Prince George's Sentinel (http://www.thesentinel.com). Now, I've been offered and have accepted a job as a copy editor at Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com). I make a big jump from a weekly community newspaper to a daily paper with a worldwide reach.

I didn't expect to leave in less than a year, but the money difference is just too great for me to pass up.

congrats

yeah, congrats. You're obviously doing something right. :D

Ahh, good 'ol Stars and Stripes. I live less than an hour's drive from two Marine Corps bases, a NADEP, and an Air Force base, and I STILL can't find a copy on anyone's shelves.

yeah, congrats. You're obviously doing something right. :D
Thanks! Indeed, the production manager even sent an e-mail to our boss extolling my virtues. It led the CEO and publisher to both try to scramble to see if they could get me to change my mind and to offer me a slight increase in salary.

Then again, the money at the new place is just too much for me to turn down.

Congratulations, Sarz. Mind sharing how much your income is? :P

"Stars and stripes"? It's like a parody that isn't.

In any case, hope you enjoy yourself.

Wow, I totally remember you getting that first job. I think I made some comment on the local award they had gotten or something to that effect.

I'm not sure if that makes me sad or not.

Well, congrats again.

Congrats Sarz:) . Glad to see you back and healthy again.

Congratulations - hope you enjoy your new job!

Congratulations, Sarz. Mind sharing how much your income is? :P
That's for me to know and for you to try to do some investigative reporting on. :P

Nice one!

I grew up reading the Stars n Stripes...and listening to AFN...

Congrats Sarz:) . Glad to see you back and healthy again.
Thank you. :)

That's one of the things I'm happiest about... that I'm able to look ahead to life after what I've been through.

Now I'm going to have to cook up new business cards...

Well done Sarz! I used to want to go into journalism, but my dad pestered me for years not to do it. Seems he got to me. But yeah, it's a congratulations from me!

Congratulations. I'm looking to go into to Journalism and now you are in a hig hposition are there any pointers you can give to an 18 year old guy?

Congrats Sarz:) . Glad to see you back and healthy again.

Back and healthy? - was he on the drink? :gundge:

Congratulations. I'm looking to go into to Journalism and now you are in a hig hposition are there any pointers you can give to an 18 year old guy?

Learn to type. That a hig pionter.

Back and healthy? - was he on the drink? :gundge:

Try I was dealing with testicular cancer. :rolleyes:

The Stars and Stripes always drove me insane because I'd find several spelling errors every day. The rampant ignorance of military terms also drove me nuts, due to the paper's intended audience.

The Stars and Stripes always drove me insane because I'd find several spelling errors every day. The rampant ignorance of military terms also drove me nuts, due to the paper's intended audience.

Isn't it published by the Army?

Back in April, I was offered and accepted the job as managing editor of The Prince George's Sentinel (http://www.thesentinel.com). Now, I've been offered and have accepted a job as a copy editor at Stars and Stripes (http://www.stripes.com). I make a big jump from a weekly community newspaper to a daily paper with a worldwide reach.

I didn't expect to leave in less than a year, but the money difference is just too great for me to pass up.

Hate to tell ya, but the only people who have heard of Stars and Stripes are those who watch M*A*S*H.

congratulations!

i always thought that stars and stripes was staffed exclusively by military personelle. who knew?

you must have done a damned good job at the sentinel.

Hate to tell ya, but the only people who have heard of Stars and Stripes are those who watch M*A*S*H.
Nah,they're not the only ones. Other people have heard of it too, including people like Rubiconic Crossings and myself, who grew up actually reading it.

Nah,they're not the only ones. Other people have heard of it too, including people like Rubiconic Crossings and myself, who grew up actually reading it.

Well, New England's only part of the US because it failed to secede from the union in the 1800s.