Sims 2 chance cards journalism

Boy, is your producer ticked off! The Talk-Show racket, while entertaining and intellectually stimulating, has its limits when it comes to appealing to your aesthetic sense and your fondness for sleeping late. Begin to live your life with a "stop and smell the roses" approach, and take a picture while you do. You are now a Freelance Photographer. Pictures need to be in the right place and names properly aligned. It's a lot of busy work, but every journalist starts somewhere.

The Internet is a vast place just screaming for writers to come forth and write about everything on their minds. With a little creativity you can go far. Perks like free movie passes and buttered popcorn make the business of reviewing films—both good and bad ones—a nice gig.

Every detail and fact needs to be checked and double checked. In a world filled with lawsuits and libel you're the paper's last line of factual defense! In time every Sim must part with the world and it's your job to honor them Work on your Creativity to move onto bigger beats.

Sims around the city read your column every day to see what their future holds. What will the day bring according to you? The city is full of great teams and readers want to know your take on them.

Stay Charismatic and cook up a few more stories to stay on top. You're on the case and nothing bad will cross your desk without investigation. Blow the whistle and keep your readers informed! You're the editor in charge of the hottest magazine on the market—if it's stylish, interesting, or worth reading about, your staff is on it. It isn't easy being the owner of countless media outlets, but the power and wealth that accompanies the responsibility is more than enough compensation.

On the other hand, the yearbook is already over budget and the principal may find it funny, especially in light of the money that would be saved. Failure: Get Fired. Both options have proven to be successful, though banner ads may anger the readers, and t-shirt sales can be a bit of a hassle.

Success: Promoted to Internet Movie Critic. Failure: There's only enough time to confirm this fact, or read through the rest of the newspaper - is this fact worth checking? Success: Promoted to Obituary Writer. Failure: Demoted to Blog Writer.

The city endures two unexpected deaths in the same day. World renowned astrophysicist Greg Orachi was killed by a falling satellite. Later that day, the sleazy yet beloved actor James "The Coach" MacGruder finally succumbed to old age. Failure: Demoted to Internet Movie Critic. It's a tough decision for any Sports Columnist to make! Success: Promoted to Investigatory Journalist.

Success: Promoted to Magazine Editor. Failure: Demoted to Obituary Writer. This isn't the first time Sally has presented a sloppy column, but it's difficult to scold her - she's the publisher's niece. Failure: Demoted to Investigatory Journalist. Let others read all about it. You have no time to sift through the news section when everyone else is waiting to get their paper.

Throw the papers just right to land them on the customers' doorsteps and the Editor may be able to find a desk job for you. Suburb - Bridgeport - In this high-tech world, it's still important to have that Sim touch.

As an Automated Spell Checker Checker, it's up to you to know the ins and outs of grammar to ensure the computer never gets it wrong. Touch up your writing skills while you're at it, but try not to be too verbose. The Editor doesn't have room on the payroll to give you a permanent position, but she values your skills as a Freelance Writer. You'll need to bring in some great scoops to progress, because there's a long line of writers all competing for the same few inches of the front page.

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Base Game Careers 2. The reporter says she just has a few questions about the campaign. As he squeezes out of his chair and out from underneath his section of the folding card table, he trips over his headset cord and falls backwards onto the card table, ripping the entire bank of phones out of their sockets, and effectively hanging up on the reporter. After answering three or four questions, the reporter thanks him and ends the call.

After a few strange questions, including "Where does the council member normally dine out? About halfway through the stack, he finds some speeches that the controller has been asked to edit.

He dutifully marks the errors and suggests the proper changes, before returning the speeches to a relatively un-cluttered section of the controller's desk, along with a sticky note that says "Done". When the controller gets back to his desk, he's overjoyed at having one less task on his plate.

The controller chastises him and makes it clear that he needs an intern that will do what he's told first, and THEN spend whatever free time he has being industrious. Your sensationalist side provides a great benefit in the high-circulation industry of tabloid journalism. The seedy side of reporting lets you focus more on the rich and famous, too.

Well, now since you're "in" on the rich and famous, you're capable of hunting them down and harassing them all day AND night. Those tabloids pay better for scandalous photographs than they do for their accompanying articles, so live as vicariously as you like. Finally - the ability to be taken somewhat seriously for all the hot topics of the day you've broken to the paper-reading world. Early mornings continue as you struggle to meet deadlines for the morning edition, and your world is filled with more serious journalists than ever before.

Rain, sun, snow, sleet, hail, wind - or perpetual Springtime. Whatever the weather, you'll be the trusted source that SimCitizens look to for the forecasts. Brush up on your image so people have a respectable, trustworthy face to watch with the morning and evening news broadcasts.

Your respected face and voice have earned you the chance to report on local news stories from the scene of the event. Keep your presentations concise, winning, and offer perfect sound bites for the national news affiliates - they'll remember you for it.

Building trust with your viewers over time enables you to dig in to those issues which matter to you the most, and present your findings to the public while on location.

Find enough headline-worthy stories, regardless of the danger involved in procuring them, share them before any other reporter, and you could be on your way to a seat at the main news desk. You are the face of honesty, truth, and have that perfect hairdo required of all evening news anchors.

The hours are long and late, but you get to deliver news to the nation on politics, entertainment, social crises, and an assortment of crime and education issues. More SimCity households know you by name than you had ever hoped for. Retiring from your anchor position has left you with the enviable ability to discuss the issues seizing the public's interest and reflect on them in a forum of your most respected peers.

Keep the arguments lively, the personalities slightly less-than-comfortable with each other, and your ratings will soar.

An expose on a recent Simmy Award winner didn't go over very well with their publicist. Your team's new advanced radar weather-tracking and warning system allowed local residences to better prepare and avoid the most devastating effects of a sudden tornado. Simply amazing how much a missed plane can cost you professionally, isn't it? Bad weather keeps you from breaking the story of the year.

Boy, is your producer ticked off! The Talk-Show racket, while entertaining and intellectually stimulating, has its limits when it comes to appealing to your aesthetic sense and your fondness for sleeping late. Begin to live your life with a "stop and smell the roses" approach, and take a picture while you do.

You are now a Freelance Photographer. Pictures need to be in the right place and names properly aligned. It's a lot of busy work, but every journalist starts somewhere. The Internet is a vast place just screaming for writers to come forth and write about everything on their minds. With a little creativity you can go far. Perks like free movie passes and buttered popcorn make the business of reviewing films—both good and bad ones—a nice gig.

Every detail and fact needs to be checked and double checked. In a world filled with lawsuits and libel you're the paper's last line of factual defense! In time every Sim must part with the world and it's your job to honor them Work on your Creativity to move onto bigger beats. Sims around the city read your column every day to see what their future holds.

What will the day bring according to you? The city is full of great teams and readers want to know your take on them. Stay Charismatic and cook up a few more stories to stay on top. You're on the case and nothing bad will cross your desk without investigation. Blow the whistle and keep your readers informed! You're the editor in charge of the hottest magazine on the market—if it's stylish, interesting, or worth reading about, your staff is on it.

It isn't easy being the owner of countless media outlets, but the power and wealth that accompanies the responsibility is more than enough compensation. On the other hand, the yearbook is already over budget and the principal may find it funny, especially in light of the money that would be saved.

Failure: Get Fired. Both options have proven to be successful, though banner ads may anger the readers, and t-shirt sales can be a bit of a hassle. Success: Promoted to Internet Movie Critic. Failure: There's only enough time to confirm this fact, or read through the rest of the newspaper - is this fact worth checking? Success: Promoted to Obituary Writer.