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Adweek's Aneya Fernando shares how she went from intern to web editor in three years, and what it takes to succeed in digital editorial today.
Aneya Fernando is a web editor at Adweek. Here's how she got her current position, and how she's getting herself ready for the next stage of her career.
Valerie Berrios
In this Q&A interview, Sophie "Lightning" Jamison shares how she went from creating content for fun to landing a Chief TikTok role, along with her tips for job-seeking content creators. 1. Tell us a little…
Jess Focht
Editor's note: This interview was originally published when Elizabeth Graves was editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living at Meredith Corporation. Since then, she's moved on from that role and now works independently as an…
Andrea Williams
Interview originally conducted in 2009 In this article: Quick Facts | Career Overview | Full Interview | FAQs Harvey Levin is the founder, executive producer, and host of TMZ, the celebrity news outlet that transformed…
Diane Clehane
He's been called the "King of Romance" but he rejects the title. People deemed him the "Sexiest Author Alive," yet he's a happily married father of five who is equally faithful to his small, North…
Jeff Rivera
Tucker Carlson prefers not to pull a comb or brush through his hair. It's among his pet peeves. So when Mediabistro visited with him in his downtown Washington, D.C. office on a recent weekday, it…
Betsy Rothstein
Don't tell Hoda Kotb you can't get a job in television. Not unless you've lived in your car for weeks traveling cross country in the same interview suit to find one like she did, that…
Diane Clehane
In this article: Why Briefs Broke | How to Thrive When the Brief Is Thin | Three Mistakes That Make It Worse | FAQ A global study by the BetterBriefs Project surveyed more than 1,700…
Miles Jennings
This is the second in a series of posts about Mediabistro's return to being an independent company. The first, "Mediabistro Is Back," covered the separation, the mission, and where we're headed. This one gets into…
Miles Jennings
A designer submits a portfolio PDF containing 47 pages of award-winning campaign work. The applicant tracking system scores it at zero keywords matched. Not because the work is bad. Because the system extracted zero readable…
Miles Jennings