13 11 / 2011
Recap of Drake SJMC Career Panel
Katie Minnick recaps the “Cutting Edge” themed careers panel for Journalism students I participated on.
The panel was well attended (surprisingly so in my opinion) and the students had good questions. As is typical with these things, I think I learned as much if not more than the students did, both from their questions and from my fellow panelists. It got me thinking about the hiring needs of large organizations and how difficult it is to effectively sort people in such a large process. I don’t envy them.
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07 11 / 2011
Upcoming Panel at Drake’s Journalism Days
I’ve been invited to speak on a panel called “The Cutting Edge” at Drake University’s Journalism Days event this week. The panel is described thusly:
Panel of professionals discuss exciting careers in media, moderated by SJMC multimedia instructor Chris Snider.
It will be held on Wednesday, November 9 at 7pm in Meredith Hall (the black steel and glass building adjacent to the gated pay lot off University Avenue) on Drake’s campus.
I’ve received official word this particular panel is open to the public, so if you’re in the Des Moines area, interested in media, startups, and technology, and can stand the sound of my voice, consider attending.
Chris, the moderator, has been kind enough to invite myself and my coworker Amanda Morrow to his web design class in the Journalism department twice now to share thoughts about applying a Journalism degree to work in technology and the startup scene. I documented what we shared on the most recent visit in a post on Brick by Brick, the BitMethod blog. Depending on how the conversation flows, I imagine I’ll be offering up much of the same sentiments in a different context.
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