This, that, these, and those are demonstratives. We use this, that, these, and those to point to people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plurals.
Finding a writing job frequently depends more on clips—recent examples of your published work—than on your resume. Editors can see what you're capable of delivering from your video. In comparison to a scruffy rookie, a journalist whose work has been featured nationally can have greater traction. However, everyone must start somewhere.
For students, this can entail developing a portfolio at the campus radio station or student newspaper. You might have to start your work as a side business for the rest of us adults who must pay rent and put food on the table. When Jesse Thorn urges to "start now," he means this in his Make Your Thing manifesto.
Stephanie Foo used to work as a graphic designer and listen to podcasts for at least eight hours a day. "I became so fixated on it that I began to question my life's purpose. She said to Tape, "I should be doing radio.
She quit her day job and launched her own show, a podcast that took her to unusual events like a medieval war reenactment and a porn convention because she wanted to be on This American Life.
That eventually provided her a story to tell Thorn, who was able to put her in touch with an editor who would listen to her proposals since he knew a rising star in the field.
“My first day there, I bought a notebook with 20 pitches in it. . . . I rattled them all off super fast, and he was just kind of stunned and was like ‘um, one of them seemed good.’”
