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The Christmas Beat

As the holidays arrive, a struggling Chicago waitress gets an unexpected opportunity: the chance to work for a newspaper and pursue her dream of a journalism career. But the new job requires that she relocate to a small town where news is scarce and journalism has no rules.

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Posted:
02/02/2015
Updated:
01/06/2026
Author Bio:
Jason Allen is a writer and filmmaker from Nashville, TN. He is also a wilderness guide, nature photographer and award-winning journalist.

His first feature film, Lucky Fritz, premiered at Cannes in 2009. He's won Best Screenplay honors at the Nashville Film Festival, San Diego Film Awards, Mountain of Laughs Comedy Fest, TSA Screenwriting Awards and Artlightenment Film Festival among others, and is a seven-time finalist of the Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.

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Contest Results:
Nashville Fest (Finalist) [2018]
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