Matt's Action Plan

Careers in media gave me a basic overview on the media industry. I chose to read two specific chapters of the book: television and broadcast video as well as corporate and non-broadwast media.
After reading the two chapters, I took an interest in the role of "Producer" in broadcast television. The authors describe the producer as the person who develops and organizes local programs and is responsible for scripting, story development, booking guests, overseeing field production, and editing. Due to my specific interests, i began to look up information in terms of Children's Media.

In order to be in the best position when i graduate, i feel that it is important to acquire a part time job or  internship in a company that is more focused in producing programing for children as opposed to my current internship that is more focused on adult content. In order to do this I have created the following action plan. Some of the steps on this plan have already been completed.

• Research Children's Media companies such as Scholastic, PBS, and Sesame Workshop
• Follow all these companies on LinkdIn and Facebook in order to keep up to date with the companies' progressions.
• Apply for any and all internships in within these companies.
• Revise my resume and online profiles such as LinkdIn by updating my experience sections to include my current internship.
• Subscribe to newsletters such as Kidscreen Daily
• Pay for student membership at the Childeren's Media Association
• Speak to any professionals that i know in the field such as Lewis Bernstein the producer of Sesame Street and Sarah Wallendjack, a contact that I made last year at Out of the Blue Productions, and ask for advice about how to proceed with my career planning

I also recently learned, through experience, how important it is to maintain relationships with people in my current internship, even if they are not your boss. As many of you my know from our class meeting, i have been working on a series of videos for cosmopolitain.com called "Clueless Guys"(I will attach some more videos to the bottom of this post for your entertainment). Two weeks ago, my I was setting up equipment with Andrew, the guy i have been helping for the series. Andrew started to tell me how he also has his own production company aside from cosmopolitain and that his company recently finished a Kickstarter campaign for a feature film. Andrew proceeded to tell me that he has enjoyed working together with me and would like to speak to me about pulling me into the project as a production assistant. This goes to show how important it can be to make a good impression on your co-workers. You never know where it can lead!

And now, as i promised:

This video went viral. It was shared by various news sites such as BuzzFeed and Huffington post.

This video didn't do so well in the view count, but what can i say, not every video can be a hit.

Finally, this video went up less then 48 hours ago and already broke 200,000 veiws. The coolest part of the video is that the concept was MY IDEA!!!