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Media Career Guide

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Fourteenth  Edition©2025  Sherri Culver; Nichole Harken

ISBN:9781319577049

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Table of Contents

Introduction

  1. Considering a Career in Media or Communication

  2. Preparing for a Career in Media

  3. Where and What the Jobs Are

  4. The Search Process

  5. Personal Branding: Cover Letters, Résumés, and Thank-You Notes

  6. The Next Steps: Leaving College and Accepting a Job

  7. Succeeding Once You’re In: Your Internship or First Job

  8. Seize Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

Conclusion

Additional Resources

Sherri Hope Culver

Sherri Hope Culver is an associate professor of Media Studies & Production at Temple University and serves as Director for the university’s Center for Media and Information Literacy. She also has extensive experience as a television producer and consultant to public media and childrens media companies.

Nichole Harken

Nichole Zumbach Harken is an Instructor in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Northern Iowa. She also serves as the Internship Director for the program and has won various teaching awards. Her goal is to help students find their purpose and passion, to nurture those things, and help them realize "its not how smart you are, but how you are smart."