Religion Writer Recalls a Very Grateful New York Times
How times have changed. Today, getting a personal response from a recruiter or HR person advertising an online journalism job is a modern-age miracle. But as New York Times religion writer Mark Oppenheimer told a group of Central Connecticut State University students Tuesday night, when he applied to the Gray Lady it was a different story.
From a write-up of the event by New Britain Herald reporter Brian M. Johnson:
After college, Oppenheimer became a writer for the Hartford Courant before his wife convinced him to apply for a job at the New York Times following the retirement of previous religion writer Peter Steinfels.
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