(This post forms part of the Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists topic for October: What is your dream journalism job?)

I was considering not entering this round of TNTJ posts. You see, the thing is, I’m looking for a job. And while the whole world of journalism seems to be at your mercy while you’re studying, many of us will find that opportunities seem to seize up somewhat when you ask for the ‘m’ word.

Yup, I’m talking about money. Nobody has any. Every job I see is short-term this, casual that, freelance this, temporary that. It seems the staffer is dying a slow, painful death.

So that’s why I was hesitant about writing this post. After all, if I came on here and outlined a dream job, I am, potentially, putting any employment opportunities that come my way at risk. I don’t want someone to arrive at this site (or my own blog) with the purpose of perhaps offering me an interview or even job and then being talked out of it by my ambitions of something else, something greater.

But let’s be clear. Ambition in this world is like currency. With ambition, you can straddle the days of photocopying or pint pulling safe in the knowledge that it’s all a means to an end.

Every employer out there should be looking for ambitious people. People who get an itchy backside if they stay in one position for too long. You know, maybe journalism is destined to be a short-term contract kinda industry anyway. How fresh can Bob’s input be, when Bob has been at his desk for 20 years? Bob doesn’t believe in video, blogs or social media. He’d much rather get out and talk to real people, he’ll protest, but you’ll be watching him for a long time before he gets out of his chair — and that’ll be to go home.

Journalism can’t afford to have Bobs anymore.

My dream journalism job would be to play some part in the next step in what I have been calling ‘The Huffington Experiment’. Do you read the Huffington Post? You should, there’s some really great stuff on there.

It may be sickening Liberal, yes, but one thing the Huffington Experiment shows is that online newspapers WORK. They work very well. What the Huffington Post does well is showcase its own journalism alongside good journalism elsewhere. It’s what Jeff Jarvis has been banging on about lately — the link culture of the web.

Readers aren’t fools. They know that they can find stories on many sites. They won’t just stick to one place. If I were to narrow my reading habits greatly, I’d say I was a Guardian reader. But a quick look at my viewing history today will show you that I have read the Times, the Telegraph, the BBC and even the New York Times all in the past two hours. Has the media junkie ever been so well served?

So we should stop pretending that our website — whoever we may be working for — is looked upon as the best source by our readers. It won’t be. It’ll be one of the sources, yes, but not the definitive one.

So then, back to me (ha!). The next step of the Huffington Experiment is where I want to be. Bring the style and drive of the Huff Post to British shores. Quite frankly, I don’t care if I edit the thing or just write for it. All I need to know is that it’s there.

Take the overheads out of printing and distributing and channel them into brilliant journalism. Hell, why not use a model similar to that of Spot.Us? We won’t subscribe the the outdated wire services. If the wires have a good story, then we’ll just, y’know, link to it.

We’ll use cheap yet powerful tools to produce stories that are spearheaded by passionate, talented journalists. Journalists whose spirits haven’t been splattered all over the office walls of some management monkey who is demanding 500 words of regurgitated copy by the next hour.

Creating Britain’s first fully-online national newspaper. Seeing it flourish as a hotbed for the country’s finest news, features and opinion. Bringing everyone in Britain to the forefront of what should have happened years ago — interactive, people-powered news.

That’s my dream journalism job.

(But in the mean time, folks, you can download my CV here!)