Working in the Media

Every year at the end of the semester I give a talk the students in all of my classes. The focus is on what it really takes to work in the media industry.

• I warn them of the low salaries.
• I tell them that they are bound to work w/difficult people.
• I tell them that if they work hard, they will be rewarded.

This year I transferred my usual PowerPoint presentation to Prezi. Using Prezi is a good and bad thing. For example, when I was done, I asked if there were any questions and most of them want to know what I used to make the presentation?

Here's my presentation from this year at The American University in Cairo.

Media Careers on Prezi

Fresh Faces

I am preparing for a new crop of fresh faces. That's right Fall college courses are scheduled to begin next week.

My schedule includes teaching News Writing and Reporting and Media Law. On top of Convergent Media. I like the course selection. Let's hope that no one student is planning to take all three at the same time; I won't permit that. Maybe two of the three, but not all three at once. The good thing about the courses, or not so good, is that the courses do not have exams! There is, however, a great deal of writing.

I need to tweak my syllabi ...