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Q. I'm interested in knowing if there is a Web site that lists employment opportunities with newspapers based in smaller American communities (less than 100,000 population). I've searched the Internet many times but have not found a Web site of this type.

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I have on-the-job-related skills in writing press releases and I even had one 850-word (compensated) article published two years ago, so I am trying to determine if there is a need for someone with my skills at smaller newspapers (I suppose this is the flip-side of a question posted on your Web site from someone who is trying to find employment in a large city).

Thanks in advance for your advice,

Frank in Florida

A. There is not a Web site that sorts newspaper employment opportunities by circulation size.

Instead, search state press association sites. Here, for example, are job listings posted with the Florida Press Association.

Joe Grimm

I have tried the career pages on some corporations that seem to specialize in small newspapers, and some list just an e-mail form for you to fill out or submit a resume. They do not list openings. Even if this approach worked, it would miss the small independents. So, I would go through general job boards like Poynter's Career Center, which hosts this feature and breaks openings down by state, or look through an Editor & Publisher Yearbook, or Google as a I go to check circulation figures. You can find the Editor & Publisher yearbook at your public library's reference desk.

If your search is confined to an area, as it might be for anyone looking to break into a small newspaper, I would cold call the publications in that area and ask whether there are openings.

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