How to get your application to top of the pile

Spell your future boss' name right, spell the name of their publication right and don't send them stuff from your sexbot458 e-mail address.

Seriously. Apparently -- sadly -- that is all you have to do to instantly vault past a certain percentage of the journalism-job-seeking masses. This from a screed worth reading at Joe Grimm's Poynter column.

(Note: This is not specifically in reference to the Student Reporter Project post, but rather general advice!)