Career Resources

SMAD Concentrations: Career Information

The links below may be helpful as study guides for the "Application Letter" that is to be part of your complete packet of materials to appy for admission to SMAD.

Cinema Studies
- Is a Cinema Studies Degree the new M.B.A.? (PDF)
- General Information about Cinema Studies (PDF)

Corporate Communication
- About the Corporate Communication Concentration (PDF)

Digital Video
- Videomaker.com
- Motion Picture and Video Industries (U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics page)

- Career Spotlight: Video Producer
- Job Profiles: Video Production Owner

Interactive Media
- Monster.com's Career Spotlight: Web Designer
- Careers in Information Technology
- British Interactive Media Association
- Skillset Interactive: Working in Interactive Media

- Interactive Media: Careers
- BBC Career Information

Print Journalism
- American Press Institue (The Journalist's Toolbox)
- American Society of Newspaper Editors (A Career in Newspapers)
- Poynter Institute
- Freedom Forum
- American Society of Magazine Editors
- New York Times (Journalism and Mass Communications News)
- News Voyager
- Journalism Education Association
- The Journalism Resources Page
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
- USC Annenberg (Online Journalism Review)
- Everything2

Other Career Information

Associations, Societies, Institutes
- Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - emmys.org
- American Women in Radio and TV – awrt.org
- Asian-American Journalist Association – aaja.org
- Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication - aejmc.org
- Broadcast Education Association - beaweb.org
- International Radio and TV Society – irts.org
- National Association of Black Journalists – nabj.org
- National Association of Broadcasters - nab.org
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists - nahj.org
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force – ngltf.org
- Native American Journalist Association – naja.org
- Radio-Television News Directors Association – rtnda.org
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers - smpte.org
- Society of Professional Journalists – spj.org

Job Sites
- TV and Radio Jobs – tvandradiojobs.com
- TV Jobs – tvjobs.com

Journalism Sites
- AIR JobLink for Journalists - newslink.org/joblink.html
- ASNE Newspaper Job Resource Links - asne.org/kiosk/careers/joblinks.htm
- Editor and Publisher - editorandpublisher.com
- Investigative Reports and Editors - ire.org
- IRE JobCenter - ire.org/jobs/look.html
- Journalism and women job bank - jaws.org
- Journalism jobs - journalismjobs.org
- PR Newswire’s ProfNet - www1.profnet.com
- Society for News Design Job Bank - snd.org/jobs/jobs.lasso
- Writer’s Digest - writersdigest.com

Periodicals
- Broadcasting & Cable - broadcastingcable.com
- Broadcast Engineering- broadcastengineering.com
- Cable World - cableworld.com
- Digital TV - digitaltelevision.com
- DV Magazine - dv.com
- Electronic Media - emonline.com
- EMedia Live - emedialive.com
- Film & Video - filmandvideomagazine.com
- Government Video - governmentvideo.com
- Hollywood Reporter - hollywoodreporter.com
- Millimeter - millimeter.com
- Motion Picture, TV and Theatre Directory - mpe.net
- Multichannel News International - tvinsite.com/multi-international
- New York Film & Video Guide - nyfilmguide.com
- Satellite Business News - satbiznews.com
- SMPTE Journal - smpte.org
- TV & Cable Factbook - warren-news.com
- Variety - variety.com
- Video Systems - videosystems.com
- Videography - videography.com

Books available in Career Planning and Placement
Gardner’s Guide to Multimedia and Animation Studios: The Industry Directory
Careers in Journalism by Jan Goldberg
Great Jobs for Film Majors by Sandra Gordon
Opportunities in TV and Video Careers by Shonan Noronha
Opportunities in Broadcasting Careers by Elmo Ellis
National Director of Arts Internships

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