Your job questions answered

Newspaper job site Ask the Recruiter answers a copy editor's question:

I work on a news copy desk and hope to move to a new paper in a year or two. When I move, I would like to get on with a features copy desk. A spot on my paper's features copy desk is about to open.

Would working on it improve my chances of getting a features job when I decide to move? I have the wide range of cultural knowledge necessary to work on a features desk, so would further news desk experience help more?

Read Joe Grimm's response here. (He's the recruiting and development editor at the Detroit Free Press.)