Cheap pay, long hours and hard work await you

Readers,

Let me tell you something. The Daily Lobo is the real world as far as journalism is concerned.

For those of you who just laughed, why don’t you come see if you can keep up with the pace in the newsroom? Chances are, we would all laugh at you.

Most of you are not going to get a job here because you don’t care about the quality of your work and you can’t string a coherent thought together, let alone work for a newspaper with deadlines, stylistic guidelines, and, wait for it … real work. You are content to sit back and criticize from afar.

You should note, though, that we can teach anyone who is willing to work. So if you aren’t the best yet, we can help you get there if you’re willing to work yourself into a stupor.

But you might ask yourself: “Why should I write for the Lobo if the pay is little, the stress is high, and the rewards are almost nonexistent?”.

Let me tell you why I write.

I had a private interview with the U.S. secretary of energy last week. I watched as police unfolded a trail of evidence linking former UNM President F. Chris Garcia to an interstate prostitution ring. I watched as Occupy Albuquerque protestors were expelled from Yale Park by dozens of police in riot gear in the middle of the night. I jumped off a cliff into a giant waterfall in the Jemez mountains. I got to see how beer was made, and then I got paid for it.

You want my job? You can have it, but you better be good enough to take it from me. Come to our open house tonight at 7 p.m. Show up with a résumé and writing samples in hand if you got them.

Luke Holmen, news editor