youhavetobeginasajournalistofsomesortonalocalnewspaper,alocalradiostation,maybeonasmallmagazine.这里的ofsomesort是什么用法呀,另外这里的介词on也不太明白,为什么不用in

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you have to begin as a journalist of some sort on a local newspaper,a local radio station,maybe on a small magazine.这里的of some sort 是什么用法呀,另外这里的介词on 也不太明白 ,为什么不用in

Answer 1

"some sort of" means "some kind of"
a some sort of journalist = a journalist of some sort
you are not "inside" of paper ("in" is not good ) instead you are "on" the paper.