How Do I Manage My Writing Portfolio?
How Do I Manage My Writing Portfolio?Thanks to Ashley Grant of USF for this great question! “Every time I have an article published I end up with newspapers and magazines everywhere, and then later get a digital copy for my digital portfolio. Should I be keeping both or is just the digital copy plenty for potential employers down the road?”Answer: While it’s true that everyone’s going digital, I’ve found that face to face meetings with local/regional editors are well-served by a physical portfolio. Following is my personal method for retaining my clips. This works for me, but your needs may be different. Experiment! I will generally keep one copy of the magazine or weekly that my work appears in, as a whole, for my bookshelf. I’ll then take a second copy and actually cut out my article for placement in a three ring binder. This binder acts as my physical portfolio. This physical portfolio comes in handy, as I said, for meetings with locally-based publications. I also do a fair amount o
