Q: I am interested in pursuing a journalism career, but there are a few other things I'd like to do first after graduating from college. How long is "too long" to stay out of the journalism field? At what point will my clips be too old for serious consideration?
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A: How long is “too long?” That can depend on what you do in the interim and the size of the paper you try to break in with. I would say, though, that if you get to the point where you have done no journalistic writing for the past two years, you will pale in comparison to other candidates who have been on it within the past two weeks.
