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Breaking into music journalism

By Demi Begin (The Link — Concordia University) Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson’s words on breaking into the industry ring true for any collegiate chasing more than a 9-to-5er MONTREAL (CUP) — In a world where even the red, flowing Rolling Stone emblem is having trouble moving magazine copies off the rack, Mark Richardson is feeling optimistic about the future of music journalism. Editor-in-chief of the world’s best-visited independent music writing website, Richardson’s at the helm of a ship that is retaining many tricks of the old media’s trade, while succeeding in the new. In many ways, it’s still a magazine, rather…

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