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A practical framework for deciding whether unpaid work is a smart career investment or a waste of your time.
In this article: When Working for Free Makes Sense | Gary Vaynerchuk's Take | Questions to Ask First | When to Say No | How to Structure Unpaid Work | FAQs You want to get…
John Lombard
In this article: What Video Producers Do | Breaking Into Video Production | Starting NORTHBOUND | Career Advice | Skills Development | FAQ We live in a golden age of TV and video content, with…
Ayana Young
John Tejada is a video producer at Adweek. Here's how he got his current position, and how he's getting himself ready for the next stage of his career.
Valerie Berrios
In this article: What Publicists Do | Key Responsibilities | Required Skills | Tools & Technology | Salary | Career Path | How to Break In | FAQs A publicist is a communications professional who…
Jenell Talley
According to a slew of media reports detailing how the economic crisis has disproportionately affected millennials, most 20-somethings are unemployed or underemployed, bunking on their parents' sofas, eating Frosted Flakes for dinner, and trying to…
Andrea Williams
For many writers, getting a book published with a major publishing house is the ultimate mark of success, a validation of talent and proof that years of toiling in anonymity were worth it. But for…
Andrea Williams
The final episode of Stranger Things finally dropped last week, the highly anticipated movie-length episode, crashing Netflix’s servers while crushing the hopes that the wait would be worth it. Early reviews seem pretty much mixed,…
Matt Charney
Edward Hertzman founded Sourcing Journal, sold it to Penske Media, got promoted to EVP of all Fairchild Media titles, and left to do it all over again with Athletech News. His framework for launching B2B…
Miles Jennings
There is no single path into media. That's the first thing you learn when you talk to enough people who've made it. One future TV anchor drove across the country in her mom's car, sleeping…
Miles Jennings
Most employees think they know the basics of illegal or unjust termination. For example, being fired because you’re a person of color, a woman, a Muslim, or a Nazi is illegal, right? Wrong. One of…
Amirah Bey