Reminder to interns/recent grads that you don't need extensive experience in a beat to apply to a job. Most orgs (I find) care that you want to learn and are interested.

I asked my intern editor at @WSJ what a stock was and got hired to cover finance/markets. You learn.

This in response to a lot of similar queries lately. Much more accomplished people can weigh in here if you need a pep talk. @jourmentors https://journalismmentors.com/mentors 

Adding on to this: My experience is not typical and I benefit from white privilege. I do hope that hiring decisions going forward make journalism more equitable and have tried to help young journalists of color find opportunities. I was only hoping to encourage people to apply.