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  "id": "1997-april-help-wanted",
  "slug": "1997-april-help-wanted",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1997-april-help-wanted.html",
  "year": 1997,
  "month": "April",
  "monthNum": 4,
  "headline": "Help Wanted",
  "kicker": "Bits, Bytes and Barks",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "Two major newspapers are hiring technology-focused journalists: the Orange County Register seeks a technology reporter, while the Dayton Daily News is recruiting a computer-assisted reporter skilled in data analysis and FoxPro programming.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "technology",
    "reporting"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "FoxPro",
    "Internet"
  ],
  "full_text": "The Orange County Register is in search of a technology reporter. Applicants for the position should submit a packet of current work, a resume and a one-page statement of philosophy to: John Doussard, 625 N. Grand Ave., Santa Ana, Calif. 92701. Telephone: (714) 953-2225. Fax: 714-565-3681.\nThe Dayton Daily News (160,000 daily; 220,000 Sunday) is looking for a computer-assisted reporter who knows FoxPro, can crunch data for daily and long-term computer stories, help other reporters on computer projects, pull information off the Internet and write a story when needed. This is an opportunity to work on a newspaper that is serious about computer-assisted journalism. The Daily News has won numerous national awards in the 1990s for computer projects, and was a Pulitzer finalist twice. If interested, send resume, cover letter, clips and references to John Erickson, News Manager, c/o Dayton Daily News, 45 S. Ludlow St., Dayton, Ohio, 45402. Email address: John_Erickson@CoxOhio.com Phone: 937-225-2266.",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
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