Category Archives: Offers

Free Tickets to PopUp Magazine in Brooklyn

Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Offers
Dear students,
I’m the co-founder and editor in chief of the new California Sunday Magazine (online at californiasunday.com and in print, delivered with Sunday editions of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle and by mail to subscribers) and the live show Pop-Up Magazine. I’d love to see you Thursday night (11/17) when Pop-Up Magazine comes to Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre.

We’re offering a very special invitation this week, for a limited time: free tickets for Columbia journalism students.

To claim your pair of tickets, fill out this form.
If you’re not yet familiar with the show, media people have said nice things about us: “A sensation” – New York Times | “Beautiful” – Los Angeles Times | “Highbrow/Brilliant” – New York Magazine | “Go!” – Jad Abumrad
Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine. Prominent and emerging writers, radio producers, photographers, and filmmakers perform new, mostly reported multimedia stories — sound, film, animation, photography, illustration, all mixed together — with live scores performed onstage by musicians. Followed by drinks after with audience and cast all together. We just performed a few days ago for a packed house at the 1600-seat Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles (with a long standing ovation at the end) and a few weeks earlier we performed another live magazine show, a music special, at the 5500-seat Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
A few more details: www.popupmagazine.com
Our New York show features a ton of interesting people, like Ira Glass (creator and host of This American Life), Jessica Hopper (editorial director for music at MTV), Joshuah Bearman (writer for Wired, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, etc; he wrote the story that inspired Argo, and his most recent story is being adapted by the Coen Brothers), Mychal Denzel Smith (2016 New York Times bestselling author), Stephanie Foo (This American Life producer), Lam Thuy Vo (visual journalist, coder, and fellow at BuzzFeed’s Open Lab), and more.
If you come to the show and see me after, please say hello.
Doug McGray

MEOjobs Meet-up Info & Discount Code

Discounts, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Offers

The next MEOjobs  meet-up is on Monday, November 21 at House of Brews (51st St location). The goal of our meetups is to create a relaxed environment that encourages media and communications professionals to engage their peers and establish new professional contacts. You’ll also enjoy great happy hour specials.

Since July 2015, MEOjobs events have welcomed over 600 professionals from the fields of journalism, public relations, digital media, marketing, radio, television, and film. Attendees have ranged from entry-level pros to senior level executives. We look forward to another fun night of networking in the heart of New York City!

Tickets and Discount Code:

Anyone interested can enter discount code Columbia2016 at checkout and their ticket will cost only $5: https://meojobsmeetup.eventbrite.com

About MEOjobs

Founded by veteran higher education administrator Marc E. Oppenheim, MEOjobs aggregates career opportunities in media, communications and the arts and produces a daily top jobs newsletter reaching more than 5,000 subscribers worldwide. You can subscribe via . MEOjobs also hosts monthly happy hour meetups for media and communications professionals.

 

OFFER: ASJA Membership

Offers

 

Dear Students,

American Society of Journalists and Authors membership is limited to professional independent writers and nonfiction book authors. Becoming an ASJA member is a mark of professional achievement; that’s why it’s never been easy to join.

But once you have, ASJA membership can take you farther. Our members share expertise, ideas, opportunities, and the inside information critical to success in a constantly changing environment. Our member-to-member rights and fees database, contracts and grievance guidance, and diverse educational programs will give you the confidence and connections to grow your career.

If you’ve thought about joining in the past but didn’t think you were eligible because of the kind of work you do, we invite you to take another look and see the changes we’ve made. Here are some specifics: 

  • Custom content. Have you written big pieces for large corporations, associations, the government? Do you write frequently for clients through Contently, Skyword, other content marketing agencies? As long as you can verify authorship and payment (such as with a contract, letter of assignment, or similar), custom work counts toward qualification.
  • Staff work can count for as many as half of the submitted credits. If you were on staff at a media outlet and are now focused on freelancing, staff-written work can help you meet ASJA’s qualifying standard.
  • Self-published books that have reached substantial sales benchmarks, won awards, and/or been reviewed by recognized third parties, may now be considered qualifying.
  • A new, lower application fee. It’s now only $25 to open a new application. If you’ve applied before no fee is due! And if you enter promo code 2015AO when you apply, you’ll save a further $25 on a new membership when you join. 

There is more detail on our website. Take advantage of these waning days of summer, and see how your career can improve with the support of your professional colleagues.

 I look forward to welcoming you as a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors!

Bastille Day Ball – Free General Admissions Tickets

Fun Stuff, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Offers

The Committee of French Speaking Societies in New York organizes the Bastille Day Ball each year. This year, the event will be held on Monday July 13th. As part of their outreach program, they would like to give free general admission tickets to ten of your students or faculty.

If interested please  RSVP to this e-mail address: cafusaball@gmail.com with the following information:  name, e-mail address, cell number and school name

BastilleDayPoster

EVENT: Next-Gen Revenue for Content Creators @ NY Daily News Lab

Conferences, Fun Stuff, Invitation, Non-Columbia Events, Offers, Outside Events

The Daily News Innovation Lab’s Conversations event, on May 19 at 6:00 pm, “Next-Gen Revenue for Content Creators”, will feature a panel discussion of how content creators are finding new ways to monetize their websites and digital properties.  Grant Whitmore, the Daily News’ EVP of Digital, will moderate a panel featuring Jason Kint (CEO of Digital Content Next),  Ashish Patel (EIR Lerer Ventures), Chad Smolinski (SVP, U.S. News & World Report) and Julie Van Ullen (Senior Director Publisher Business Development at OpenX).

The first 15 students to register at nydn.us/convos using the discount code OHCOLUMBIA will get free access!

INVITE: Panel Discussion – The Delicate Balance

New York City, Offers, Outside Events, Speakers

The Delicate Balance: Media, Security, and Freedom in a Post-9/11 World

Monday, September 22, 2014
6:00 pm
New York

IN PERSON

Robert L. Deitz, Former N.S.A. General Counsel & Senior Counselor to the C.I.A. Director
Barton Gellman, Reporter, Washington Post; Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Gabriel Schoenfeld, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Author, Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law
Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU’s National Security Project
Moderator: Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News

J-School students receive complimentary tickets.

RSVP to publicprograms@paleycenter.org

Summer Employment Opportunities: Educational Testing Services

Career Services, Fellowship Programs, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Offers, PhD

Summer Employment Opportunities at ETS

ETS is looking for candidates to  fill two open positions:

Reading Assessment – The Assessment Development Division of Educational Testing Service is seeking freelance writers, graduate students, teachers, and other college graduates who have an appreciation for good writing and a sense of the interests and abilities of high-school students. Successful candidates will work with ETS test development staff in developing lively and appealing materials for assessing reading comprehension skills aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

Interested candidates should apply online no later than Monday, March 31, 2014:

http://www.ets.org/careers/internships_fellowships/

or

http://bit.ly/etsreading

Writing Assessments – This paid summer program will provide the opportunity to work with Educational Testing Service staff in developing assessments of writing skills. Summer employees will learn the fundamentals of test design, including principles of test validity and fairness, and then learn to develop the materials and questions used in these assessments.

Interested candidates should apply online no later than Monday, March 31, 2014:

http://www.ets.org/careers/internships_fellowships/

or

http://bit.ly/etswriting