Posts Tagged ‘Journalism Conferences’
Opening Doors to an Exciting Career with ABC News at NABJ
Are you attending the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference this year? ABC News wants to meet you! Danielle, an Emmy Award-winning Senior Manager of Field Operations at ABC News, shares her advice: “Don’t hesitate to reach out to Disney and ABC News to explore the wide range of opportunities available. Be proactive, stay…
Read MoreMaking Connections at AAJA: Advice from a Seasoned ABC Journalist
CONTRIBUTED BY Brennah Chirumbole As a young girl growing up in the Hudson Valley of New York, Pauline distinctly remembers watching Connie Chung anchoring the news on television. “She was someone who looked like me and was on the national stage,” she recalls, “I was inspired to follow her path.” But Pauline’s path to a…
Read MoreA champion of future storytellers: Alicia Szeto, ESPN NEXT production assistant, on the impact of attending AAJA
🎶 Siri, play the SportsCenter theme song. 🎶 While some would say the soundtrack to their life consists of songs from their childhood or young adulthood, for Alicia Szeto, production assistant in the ESPN NEXT program, ESPN was the ever-present background music to her life. From a young age, she was always watching and absorbing,…
Read MoreA Cinderella Story: Finding a Dream Career at NAHJ
CONTRIBUTED BY Emily Chesteen When Juwon was growing up, he treated watching the news like his Saturday morning cartoons. While his mother packed his lunch and reminded him to put on his school uniform, the news was always playing in the background. From celebrity gossip to weather updates, Juwon knew about it all. He dreamed…
Read MoreWhen last year’s NAHJ connection leads to this year’s dream job
Larissa Lucas was the kid who put off bedtime to stay up and watch SportsCenter. As both a player and fan of sports, she grew up dreaming of a career focused on her passion, and when she met an ESPN recruiter at last year’s NAHJ conference, that dream came true. We asked Larissa about her…
Read MoreMaking headlines on SportsCenter with Sammy, ESPN production assistant
When Sammy decided to pivot from medical school to pursue a master’s degree in journalism and build a career in sports media, going to AAJA was on his to-do list. Sammy connected with ESPN recruiters at the conference last year and eventually landed a role in the competitive ESPN NEXT program! You can follow in…
Read MoreA career slam dunk: Lenny’s journey from ESPN intern to marketing associate manager
ESPN is headed back to NABJ this year! Visit us at booth 321 to meet employees like Lenny, an associate manager on ESPN’s brand marketing team in Los Angeles, California. Lenny’s love of sports began on the basketball court when he was just four years old. That childhood hobby has since inspired him to build…
Read MoreThe scoop from this year’s journalism conferences with ESPN
Did you hear the news? We had an amazing time at all four of this year’s journalism conferences and are recapping it all for you! First up was the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) conference in Miami. A staple of our presence at each conference this year, we started things off with our Sports…
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