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Name: Alfredo Flores
Degree and Year: BJ '01 (News-Editorial)
Company: Agricultural Research Magazine
Company Web Site: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/
Title: Science Writer
City and State: Beltsville, Md. (Washington, D.C.)

Alfredo Flores, BJ '01

What do you do?
I am a reporter for Agricultural Research magazine. My beat includes writing on nutritional issues and research in Texas, Florida, Mississippi and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

How did you get your job?
Interesting story. I bounced around three jobs right after graduating from MU in May 2001. First as a sports writer at USA Today (laid off), then a general assignment reporter at Newhouse News Service (temporary contract not renewed), then a political writer at the Hotline Web site (I quit this job to take the one I have now) -- all in Washington, D.C. My aunt, bless her heart, worked in HR at this magazine I work at now, I applied, and the rest is history.

Best professional lesson learned at the J-School?
Perseverance. I was never unemployed during this ordeal of finding that first permanent job.

What would be your best advice to current students?
Never give up. Always seek out those hard to get internships/jobs. The Mizzou name carries a lot of weight.

What do you consider to be your greatest professional achievement?
My greatest professional achievement was during my 2000 summer internship when I had a full-page story in USA Today, followed by four stories on the same page.

What are your next career steps?
I am taking graduate courses in Spanish translation at the moment in hopes of getting more money on the side. Also, continuing to free-lance soccer and entertainment articles for Spanish and English-language publications.

What did you want to be as a kid?
As a kid I wanted to be a geographer, shortly after winning a Geography Bee in D.C. But, I've wanted to be a journalist since high school.

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