With a focus on getting media-savvy students ready for a career in media, this essential guide offers a current snapshot of job prospects and opportunities in media and communication. The authors take students through the entire process of career planning, from first considering a media-related career, all the way through their arrival in the workplace, while offering helpful and practical advice and strategies along the way. This edition has a new organization that starts at determining the career and then moves into finding the job. A new focus on growth areas in media industries highlight new career paths in streaming media and app development as well as new media positions within more traditional fields. New life skill tips offer suggestions on issues like how to relocate, manage finances, and more. Available as an e-book, the guide can be purchased on its own, or can be accessed as part of the Achieve for Media & Culture 13e by Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos, and Ron Becker.

Developed to bridge the gap between what students learn in the classroom and how it applies to the real world, the Media Career Guide helps students prepare for and conduct a successful communication-related job search. The manual includes an overview of the employment prospects for today's student and provides a comprehensive directory of media jobs including positions in print, radio, broadcast, online, new media, and advertising. In addition, guidelines for what to do when hired make this an ideal resource for students looking for and getting started in careers in mass communication or journalism.

"Media Career Guide provides students with all the information they need to prepare for and conduct a successful job search in the media and communication fields. This essential manual includes an overview of today's employment opportunities and, guides students through the process of applying for jobs, and includes tips for success. The eleventh edition includes coverage of job opportunities in mobile media, tips for using digital tools inthe workplace, and successful networking strategies, making iit a useful and informative reference for anyone looking to begin an exciting career in mass communication or journalism"--Back cover.

The Ultimate Media Career Guide Want to pursue a career within the media industry? We have created this guide to help you determine and achieve your media career goals. The media industry is a broad and ever-growing field, providing opportunities for writers to work on everything from traditional journalism and copywriting to social media and marketing. As of 2020, there were reportedly 143,200 writers and authors working throughout the U.S. In addition, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for writers and authors is projected to grow 9% by 2030. A new form of digital media has risen to prominence in the past decade. Blogs and social media have given writers an outlet for their musings on everything from fashion to politics. Today, more than two billion people use social media daily, fueling a rise in the popularity of blogging. In addition, with the growth of the internet, writers now have access to new audiences worldwide. This has allowed both aspiring and established writers to develop successful careers in previously unavailable ways. We have created this comprehensive guide to help you determine and achieve your media career goals. Yellowbrick’s Ultimate Media Career Guide is your source to discover careers and learn entry points into the media industry. In this guide, you can explore the jobs that drive the market, then search for your perfect career by area of interest, skills, publications, or writers. Learn about your skills and interests, articulate them confidently to identify career options you might pursue, and implement a successful strategy to attain your desired career outcomes. In this guide, you’ll find the following information: · Overview of the media industry · The future of the writing and journalism market · Media Career Library · Career Planning Strategy to get into the media industry You’ll also find simple exercises that help you: · form a strategy to get into the media industry · find your passion within writing and identify an area of interest to pursue · learn the media industry through top publications, media platforms, and its key players · identify your skills and match them to a place of interest Whether you’re a novice, a student, or a professional, you can further your career path by accessing this guide that will help you understand media opportunities available and the skills and qualifications you need to succeed. About Yellowbrick.co Yellowbrick.co is on a mission to inspire the next generation to pursue a career that aligns their talents and passions with the universities and brands they know and trust. Working in partnership with the world’s leading universities, brands and industry experts, Yellowbrick creates learning experiences that help tomorrow’s leaders discover and pursue career paths in growing global industries that align with their passions, including fashion, sports, beauty, music and media.

Welcome to the media and journalism field! If you are interested in a career in media or journalism, you’ve come to the right book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day in and day out? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is this even the right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book can help you answer these questions and more. Media and Journalism Professionals: A Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in the field, covers the following areas of this field that have proven to be stable, lucrative, and growing professions. Editor in Chief Editor/Senior Editor Copy Editor Proofreader Reporter Correspondent Broadcast Journalist Photo Journalist

Written for students, graduates and academics from the disciplines of film, media and related subjects, and for those from other disciplines who want to break into the media, this book is a virtual career coach and an employability course all in one package. A practical handbook, it offers encouragement, advice, information and case studies to help students to make the most of the opportunities in this very competitive career world. The book can be used as a textual support for careers modules and PDP (Personal Development Planning), graduate workshops, on-line courses and as a departmental or careers library resource. Equally, it works effectively as a self-help guide to enable individuals to focus on their career / life development.

'Careers in Media and Film' has been written to help students graduates and academics from the disciplines of film, media and related subjects (and for those from other disciplines who want to break into the media) with their career choices.