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How To Be An Editor

Practical advice for the young editor and those who aspire to become one.

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WHEN
Wednesday, April 26
6:30-9:30 pm

WHERE
mediabistro.com
494 Broadway
(Spring & Broome)
New York, NY 10012

WHO
Ideal for anyone who wants to become a magazine editor, or who is in the early stages of his or her career.

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

A person's ability to get onto and advance up a masthead depends on his or her ability to show early aptitude in and eventual mastery of a number of skills -- story judgment, communications skills, managerial ability, and relationship skills. Often a talent in one of these areas is enough to land someone a job, but then young people are usually left more or less on their own to figure out the other elements, success or failure at which often makes the difference between a long career and short one. In this three-hour seminar, a veteran editor will talk about the things you need to do to be successful, and ways you can improve your ability to evaluate yourself as others do.

In this seminar you can expect to learn:

  • How to understand what your boss is thinking
  • The significance of understanding the magazine you work for
  • The crucial importance of meeting deadlines, working within stated formats, and following other protocols
  • The unparalleled importance of eagerness
  • The importance of developing aptitude in the minimal skills of the trade
  • Why ideas are the ultimate coin of the realm

Instructor Bio

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Jamie Malanowski
Currently the managing editor of Playboy, Jamie Malanowski has had a long and largely but not exclusively successful career during which he's held senior editorial positions at Spy, Time, and Esquire, among other publications, and written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and many other magazines and newspapers. He is co-author of the HBO movie Pentagon Wars, co-author of the play Loose Lips, and author of the novel Mr. Stupid Goes to Washington.

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