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Sick, very sick, LJ.
Kind of reminds of that line ... "You got any chinese in ya? You want some?"
Anyway, career advice? Just get out there and do it. Be willing to work anywhere and do anything, especially if you're only breaking into the journalism business and don't have much experience.
Best way, in my opinion, is to freelance for bigger local newspapers. If you're fortunate enough to string for a larger publication, you'll undergo the same editing and advising as a staff writer, which is something you need to become familiar with early on. If you prove your ability, they'll even start calling you to cover the big stories when the regular beat reporters can't go.
Smaller pubs are great for getting published, but typically they're understaffed and will likely run your copy untouched, which isn't always a great thing for trying to improve.
All writing starts from the basics, which I think is newspaper writing. Once you're comfortable with that, then start approaching magazines and newsweeklies, or get your hands into whatever it is that you want to do.
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