One of my best friends brought a journalism job listing to my attention. In the job classifieds from The Fort Pierce Tribune on Sunday, an ad from Scripps, owner of most of the Treasure Coast newspapers, asked for a “writer” with the following description:

“If you love entertainment music, theater, festivals, celebrities, museums, movies, attractions of all kinds and are an experienced writer, we want to talk to you today. We are looking for a writer to cover the rich variety of entertainment in our area someone who’s passionate about arts and entertainment, and who’s flexible enough to write with authority about all of it. Someone who knows the big bands, the garage bands and the latest trends in music. Someone who appreciates community theater as much as a professional road show, who can interview big stars and local up-and-comers with equal depth and detail.”

Even though I’ve decided to go down a news and politics path in my journalism career, I started out wanting to do entertainment with the ultimate goal of writing music journalism.

Before high school, I wrote album and song reviews for RADAR, a section of the Tribune written by teens. In the beginning of college, I wrote for a free entertainment publication and even interviewed Billy Ray Cyrus for a cover story.

I was even professional enough not to tell him I used to have a poster of him above my bed when I was younger.

But I couldn’t shake one nagging thought – why didn’t my editor tell me about this job opening? She knew I’m just freelancing until they can hire me. I asked her about it.

Unfortunately, they’re not hiring to replace the previous entertainment reporter but rather taking on more freelancers. Since I’m already a Scripps correspondent, my editor can just pass on my name to the features editor so she can use me when she needs me, just like my editor.

Looks like I’ll be taking on more freelance assignment as the full-time job search continues.