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| mhcoops18 | Posted – 6/14/2007 8:34:14 AM | show profile | email poster I was recently browsing around the website, and was hoping that perhaps someone would be able to offer some assistance. I am a 24 year old Production Assistant producing at a major cable news channel in New York City. I have been working here for almost 2 years now, and began working here 7 weeks out of college. However, I would like to become more involved and connected in the media and entertainment industries, and thought that being able to attend more social fucntions of varying natures, whatever they may be, would allow me to do so. However, obviously, the opportunities to be invited to these functions for someone still at my level are a bit more limited. I was trying to perhaps find some sort of list or website online that would help, but have not found success. Would you be able to offer any assistance to me? Thank you in advance for you help. Mitch mitch.cooper18@gmail.com |
| Ms_M2you | Posted – 6/17/2007 10:03:05 PM | show profile | email poster Mediabistro parties Are you not attending Mediabistro parties? That aside you have something working for you: you're young and hopefully cute. This is a bonus if you want to do the party circuit, especially the party circuit in NYC (lucky you!). I HATE large media parties - which really only work for the young and cute which, at 37 and 240lbs, I am most definitely not. But get me at a smaller function that is not *media* labeled then my networking starts. I am the jealous woman's nightmare - I can keep a boyfriend's attention through conversation. I may not hear from the guy for months or maybe even a year or two but I will hear from him -- with a media gig offer. You do not need to schmooze at parties - you have a good network at your own job. And have you looked to your friends and former classmates? I am perhaps one of the rare people who know how to use Facebook.com effectively - a little research and I discover that my chum from grade school was Daytime Emmy Nominee. Twice! Ultimately you need to be out there - at events, art launchs, burlesque shows etc. You need to leave your I-Pod at home - talk to people and make sure that you have a business card in your pocket with reason for people to look you up. ------ Kristine Maitland writer, critic, blogger http//www.kristinemaitland.com |
| fourfold | Posted – 6/18/2007 6:23:08 AM | show profile | email poster Hi Mitch: I don't know, maybe I'm old fashioned, but networking online just doesn't cut it for me. Example: someone on this board e-mailed me to ask if I'd answer some questions about an industry I was working in. I did, and then she asked if I could give her the names of some contacts at a particular magazine. I was reluctant to do so because I'd never met her and knew nothing about the quality of her work. Try telling your boss that you would like to learn more about the industry. Ask if there are training seminars you can go to or organizations you could join (and find out whether your employer would pay your dues or expenses for attending.) I have made some excellent contacts over the years at seminars. Also, what are some of the major associations in cable television? In print, my medium, there's ASJA and a bunch of others. Go online and check out their schedules; most of these organizations have get-togethers and networking events. You may have to pay your own way at these things, but if you come away with a couple of business cards from people you've had meaningful conversations with, you never know where that can lead. |
