Author: Digital Group
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Real-World Tips for Creating a Winning Reel
Broadcast Journalism alumna (’09) and reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lauren Rozyla, spoke to journalism students and provided the following helpful tips on creating a great broadcast reel: Standup Example: A proper and professional demo reel is essential for getting a job in the broadcast journalism field. Emerging journalists will most likely…
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Freelancing Toolkit Session: Crafting Contracts For the final Freelancing Tool Kit Session this semester, Cara Dehnert Huffman from the AEMM department presented on Crafting Contracts. This session provided students with a walk-through of typical contract language, to help you know what you are agreeing to when you sign a document. Among other things, Dehnert Huffman…
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Portfolio Center Events: Week of November 12, 2012
What are you doing this week? If you’re anything like us, then it’s a mix of learning how to get a job aboard, get a job in journalism, get a job in interactive game design, and then finally topping off the week with a high-profile event–followed by Metro concert–with the world-famous electronic musician Richie Hawtin.…
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How to Prep for the Non-Profit Career Fair The Non-Profit Career Fair is just a few days away, and we have an impressive list of 50 organizations, all looking for creative talent!Don’t let the word “fair” fool you- students who leave career fairs with strong contacts and job leads are those who come in prepared…
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Non-Profit Career Fair: Creative Opportunities Available
Coming up on Thursday, November 8th, the Portfolio Center and partners are hosting the Non-Profit Career Fair from 2-5 at 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor. There will also be a panel discussion starting at 1 PM which is great prep for the event. Organizations are coming to promote volunteer, internship, and paid opportunities. Here you…
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Senior Savannah Million talks about the perks of being a volunteer at a local non-profit and how she was able to make the jump from volunteer to paid designer. Savannah works with the with local non-profit organization 826CHI, founded by Dave Eggers (author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and founder of McSweeney’s). Eggers…
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Have you ever wanted to start your own business, make a film, or tackle some kind of awesome art project but don’t have the funds? Well say no more. We’ve got you covered with last week’s Freelancing Tool Kit Series #3 Funding Your Work. Four panelists–ranging from artists, entrepreneurs and business-savvy folks–spoke about all the…
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Rockstar CPA: Taxes for Freelancers and Creative Types
The Portfolio Center hosted the Rockstar CPA on October 4th as part of our Freelancing Tool Kit Series. Martin Kamenski, CPA proved that while income taxes cannot be avoided, they don’t have to keep you up at night. This is a session we’ve run a few times now, and every time we fill the room.…
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LinkedIn 101
Last week the Portfolio Center hosted our very first LinkedIn session. We have always talked about its importance here at the Portfolio Center, but last Friday was the inaugural effort to truly begin talking about LinkedIn in the context of Columbia College Chicago. Here are the bullet points of what we addressed… There are 2…