Shoestring Reporter How I Got to Be a Big City Reporter Without Going to J School and How You Can Do It Too

Thurtell shows how to get professional writing experience without paying for an expensive college journalism degree. He has written for "The New York Times, The Progressive, Planning Magazine, National Fisherman, The Detroit News, Indianapolis Star, Grand Rapids Press, South Bend Tribune" and for 23 years, was a staff writer with the "Detroit Free Press," but never took a journalism class.