Election Day - MediaJobsDaily http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily Hire Minds Delivering News & Insight About Jobs in the Media Copyright 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:53:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Looking for a New Job? Two Media Savvy Political Career Paths Pay More Than $70k In the spirit of Election Day, a piece on Monster caught our eye.

That is, it rounds up several politics jobs which rake in over $70,000 per year. Imagine our surprise when two media-related career paths were included!

High five.

For starters, speechwriters rake in approximately $136,000 (that’s the median annual salary). Although it could be a lucrative path for writers, it is quite competitive. continued…

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]]> Vicki Salemi http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/looking-for-a-new-job-two-media-savvy-political-career-paths-pay-more-than-70k_b12769#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/looking-for-a-new-job-two-media-savvy-political-career-paths-pay-more-than-70k_b12769 http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/?p=12769 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:22:53 +0000 Should Election Day Become a National Holiday (As in Paid Time Off)? When we read this piece on AOL Jobs, it made us smile.

After all, what better way to ensure everyone will get to the polls by making a national holiday during Election Day? Translation: Paid time off from the office job.

As per the piece, approximately 50 to 60 percent of the voting population will have cast ballots during the presidential election. continued…

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]]> Vicki Salemi http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/should-election-day-become-a-national-holiday-as-in-time-off_b12764#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/should-election-day-become-a-national-holiday-as-in-time-off_b12764 http://www.mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily/?p=12764 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:37:10 +0000