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Stars and Stripes

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Great mission, but how long will it last? - Anonymous employee Stars and Stripes Employee Review

3.0
25 Oct 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

As a writer or editor, you are serving people who risk their lives to preserve our way of life. You work to inform the troops, you are NOT a mouthpiece for the brass.

Cons

Unfortunately, this venerable newspaper that has been around since the Civil War might be going the way of the dodo bird. It faces what all newspapers are facing, declining readership and thus declining revenues. Add to that the drawdown of the military everywhere (some fueled by Defense budget cuts, some simply by troops coming home from war zones), and readers become few. Which means advertisers don't advertise. Stars and Stripes does have a website, but even if it remains the paper's sole presence, it is debatable how much revenue it can generate, and at that, it won't take many people to maintain the site.

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5.0
2 July 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff are highly motivated by the mission. Depending on which office you are in - DC, Germany, or Japan, the work-life balance varies. Overseas offices have the benefit of being in Europe or Asia and the travel and lifestyle those afford. The DC office has great people to work with but the commuting can be a challenge.

Cons

As a government agency, Stripes is subject to the DoD budget. That can be a good or bad thing.

4.0
5 Mar 2025
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Pros

Travel / had a company vehicle

Cons

Can't think of any cons

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