“I'm reading a lot of scripts. It makes my career decisions in that sense much the same way I consume media.” WayReadingDecisionCareersMediaScripts Author:Jessica Pare
“My career is media. One can turn on the TV or look at a magazine and see me.” LooksTurnsCareersMediaTvsMagazinesTurn-on Author:Leryn Franco
“I think professionally I admire people and the way they've handled their careers and being in the media. But the people that I used to inspire me and keep me going were my peers in Toronto - I would see the same girls going to audition after audition, and their resilience to do it again, and I found that inspiring.” PeopleThinkingWayUsedGirlFoundCareersMediaInspireResilienceAdmirePeersAuditionsToronto Author:Anna Silk
“Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was thinking of a career, unless you lived in New York, so there wasn't as much pressure to present a respectable exterior. And secondly, there was no social media. So if you were found face down on the floor - people did do that quite a bit; usually men, but not always - or fell through plate glass windows or got into scrapes, it became a rumor, and rumors are hard to pin down.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWritingHardReasonFacesFoundSocialBitsCareersMediaNew YorkCoupleWindowPressureGlassesSocial MediaPlatesRumorPinsRespectableOnce Upon A TimeExterior Author:Margaret Atwood
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“Most scientists will get serious media exposure about twice in their entire career. And they'll get that because they've actually done an experiment that was interesting.” DoneInterestingCareersMediaSeriousScientistExperimentsExposure Author:Aubrey de Grey
“I think for more than half of my career I have refrained from talking to the media.” ThinkingHalfTalkingCareersMedia Author:Kathleen Battle
“I have the good fortune of knowing both John McCain and Donald Trump well, both men have more in common than the today's media hype would have you believe. Both blazed trails in their careers and love our great nation.” MenLoveBelieveWellsTodayNationsCommonCareersKnowingMediaTrumpAnd LoveFortuneTrailsGood FortuneHypeMccainGreat Nations Author:Sarah Palin
“Sometimes I am more interested in the richness of the material with all the stuff we've done which all tell a story to me rather than any single film career I could have, because I really do find myself interested in other people's ideas. I just want to be responsible with an array of things that engage me and feel vital, opposed to the corporate media out there that is just about making the loudest noises possible.” PeopleWantFeelsIdeasSometimesDoneStoriesFilmStuffCareersMediaMaterialsResponsibleNoiseCorporateRichnessBeing Responsible Author:Larry Fessenden
“As for documentary, it was a natural progression from my earlier career in journalism. The two media are connected, but of course making films is much more complicated, because you have image, sound and music to work with, not simply words.” TwoFilmCoursesSoundNaturalCareersMediaComplicatedConnectedJournalismDocumentariesProgressionSound And Music Author:Nancy Kates
“A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.” PeopleWritingEnoughSocialCareersMediaFiguresCreatingAspectSocial MediaMomentumMerchandising Author:Tyler Hilton
“Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport” WayLongSometimesCharacterUsedPassionLeftSportsCommunityBusinessCareersCasesMediaMarkAppropriateDescriptionAustraliaRemarksAustralianLarger Than LifeGreat PassionLong CareersPackers Author:John Howard
“I don't consider myself to be a media guy. It just happens to be that I've had opportunities in the media. I don't consider myself to be on a career path. I'm just a Christian and a Catholic priest.” HappensChristianGuyOpportunityCareersPathMediaCatholicPriestsCareer Path Author:Jonathan Morris
“In order to have a lasting career you'll need to spend time performing live to build your own audience, as it's not all about social media. Word of mouth still rules.” NeedsStillsOrderSocialCareersAudienceMediaMouthsSocial MediaPerformingLastingEnd TimesSpend TimeWord Of MouthPerforming Live Author:Eliot Lewis
“Most women are not programmed to prefer a great career to a great man and a family. They feel they were sold a bill of goods at college and by the media.” MenFeelsCareersMediaCollegeBillsGreat MenGoods Author:Dennis Prager
“For me, the part of reporting that's the most rewarding and energizing is just hearing directly from people whose voices haven't often been heard, or incorporated into mainstream media. That stuff is really, really gratifying, and so to realize that you could make a career of that part of it, that appealed to me.” PeopleStuffVoiceRealizingCareersHeardMediaHavensHearingMainstreamMainstream MediaEnergizing Author:Sarah Stillman
“Social media is the basis of my career. Since I was a kid I've always used the Internet as a space to express myself creatively.” KidsUsedSocialSpaceCareersMediaInternetBasesSocial Media Author:Kesh
“My entire career comes from the power of social media and the way I've utilized those spaces and interacted with people across the world.” PeopleWorldWaySocialSpaceCareersMediaSocial Media Author:Kesh
“It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.” WorldWritingCareersPiecesMediaTvsStudiosGood TimesGood LifeHaving A Good TimeParasitesInconsequentialLeeches Author:Boris Johnson
“Back in the day however, careers were strictly built on competitions, just like surfing, though surfing is changing too so you can free surf and still get paid. So I think that rivalry was really because of the fans and the media who built it up, but it did bring something exciting about the sport, just like in any sport, whether it's Larry Bird or Magic Johnson, I think it just made skating that much more exciting.” ThinkingMadeStillsSportsCareersMagicFansMediaBirdBuiltExcitingPaidCompetitionSurfingJohnsonSkatingLarrySurfRivalryBack In The Day Author:Christian Hosoi
“It's a social media time, where you have YouTube and everything it's kind of like you see my career grow up on camera. But a lot of the things that you would see from artists would be behind the scenes that nobody would know about before, now it's all on display.” KnowsKindWould BeArtistSocialGrowsBehindsCareersGrowing UpMediaLike YouSceneCamerasSocial MediaDisplayYoutubeBehind The Scenes Author:Young De
“I think the fact that they all served under her as a president is a strong pull. Here's a perfect example: George Stephanopoulos. He has a full on career in the media of his own, and yet on some days he's still George Stephanopoulos who worked for the Clintons. As much as he's done on his own, he's still in the Clinton orbit and it comes back up all the time.” ThinkingStillsDoneFactsStrongPresidentPerfectCareersMediaExampleClintonOrbit Author:David Mandel
“I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.” PeopleThinkingTryingRealStatesTodayUsedEasyUnitedCareersUnited StatesMediaHeroVictoryTraditionOppositesProfoundJournalismJournalistScoreBobStatus QuoScandalWatergateReal HeroesInvestigative Journalism Author:Marianne Williamson
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“I went to work at political consulting firms, graphic design and communications firms and ultimately, magazines. Today, my career is in the media business. And more specifically, I'm in the "words" side of the business as opposed to video or music.” TodayPoliticalSidesCareersMediaDesignCommunicationVideoMagazinesFirmGraphicGraphic DesignConsulting Author:Lewis Schiff
“As for where I am now, well, social media didn't exist when I was a child, and I never would have guessed just how much of a role in my life and career technology would play.” WellsChildrenPlaySocialCareersRolesTechnologyMediaSocial Media Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!” ThinkingWayMomentsHouseNumbersAttentionCareersMediaExampleHugeDegreesPaperNewsResearchCrisisCloudsDetailsLovelyVideoPostsLinksArticlesAshesPapersOnly TimeBlogsVolcanoesArchivesEruptionGeologistHuge Numbers Author:Suw Charman-Anderson