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Create a VO blog or blog under one of our group VO blogs. If you have journalism skills, write news or feature stories.
Have an idea? Pitch your stories to our editors. We will give you tips on how to do better reporting and blogging. Find out more about the value of our editing and infrastructure and what this can bring to your work. Love Tweeting and talking on Facebook to friends? We need you, too.
Want to make a quantum leap in your writing and reporting? Gain new skills as a blogger or reporter? Enroll in the Vancouver Observer's formal training program.
Two qualified candidates each quarter will work with VO publisher Linda Solomon and other senior staff for ninety days on a variety of aspects of writing, blogging, reporting and the increasingly important issue of how to match compelling stories with their audiences. Improve your writing skills, visibility and knowledge about how to promote your work. Start by reading VO's Techplanations writer Tris Hussey's book, How to Blog.
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