Daunt­ing as it may seem, the time is draw­ing near when there will be a life beyond one’s col­lege news­room. (Shock­ing, I know.)

Where that life will be, what it will involve and how to start are all ques­tions young jour­nal­ists, edi­tors, design­ers, web-heads and all of the other peo­ple ded­i­cated to the news media beyond the col­lege level may ask.

What about peo­ple who are will­ing to relo­cate? What about peo­ple who will move hither and yon to find the work, the fel­low­ship, the intern­ship and the chance to do what they love?

What about all of those other what abouts?

Below is a com­piled list of a few resources to help with the search. Please, feel free to share via a com­ment what worked for you and what you wish you would have known before. Also, any other links or resources that might help some­one get the gig.

www.jobspage.com

–Most peo­ple who are seri­ously look­ing for work in the news could use a guy like Joe Grimm. His site (above) and daily sto­ries on www.poynter.org “Ask the Recruiter” could inspire just about any­body to dream impos­si­ble dreams… and stuff like that.

www.journalismjobs.com

–The aptly named source for jobs relat­ing to journalism.

www.gannett.com

–The top right hand cor­ner has a “Careers” link. Not that I’m one to favor one giant media con­glom­er­ate over another; the but­ton was just eas­ier to find than at www.mcclatchy.com (Hint: It’s under the “Employ­ees” tab.)

http://writersweekly.com

–A handy tool for check­ing out pub­lish­ers and infor­ma­tion on free­lancers, though admit­tedly a lot of this was kind of a downer.

Of course, there is www.craigslist.com for writ­ing, edit­ing and some gen­eral what-have-yous, but you have to know where you want the oppor­tu­nity to be before you start search­ing too hard.

Please share your links and tips as com­ments below.

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