So You Want a Career in Media? This presentation covers facts about media careers, what you can do with it, different programs, and profiles of successful people in media – Mindy Kaling, Thomas Uger, Pete Cashmore, and more

1. SO YOU WANT A CAREER IN
MEDIA?
What it is, what you can do, different
programs, and profiles of successful people in
media – Mindy Kaling, Thomas Uger, Pete
Cashmore, and more.

2. A Career in Media
• Careers in media, communications, and writing are on the
rise. With social media becoming essential for every
business, companies are having to hire for these kinds of
positions if they want to stay relevant.
• As of 2011, social media job outlooks were faster growing
than the average job, and the search for these type of
jobs has gone up 600% in the last 5 years.
• Colleges have rapidly been adding and changing their
programs, from media communications, public relations,
and new media marketing.

3. What Can you do With a Media Degree?
• Having a degree in a media related field gives you all
kinds of options:
• Writing
• Social media
• Public relations
• Event planning
• Screenplay writing
• On-Air Reporting
• Game Development
• Graphic Design
• Many more

4. Communications and Media Programs
Across the US
• Oregon State University: New Media Communications
• Arizona State University: Journalism and Mass
Communication
• Boston University: Communications and Journalism
• George Washington University: Media and Public Affairs
• Kansas State University: Journalism and Mass
Communications
• New York University: Journalism
• San Jose State University: Journalism and Mass
Communications
• Syracuse University: Public Communications
• Washington State University: Communications, Journalism,
and Media Production

5. Successful Example: Conan O’Brien
College: Harvard University
Career: Host of Conan
Conan O’Brien was heavily involved in media in
college. After being the Editor of his high school
newspaper, he went on to Harvard University where
he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine
and served as the President of the newspaper, The
Harvard Crimson. He graduated magna cum laude
with a degree in history and literature.
As it goes to show, media experience was very
helpful for Conan. Conan O’Brien is known for
Saturday Night Live, and more recently his late-night
talk show, Conan. All that time working on the
newspaper and magazine gave him the skills he has
today to be funny, informative, and entertaining on his
show.

6. Successful Example: Mindy Kaling
College: Dartmouth College
Career: Writer for The Office and The Mindy
Project
Mindy spent most of her college days working
in media by contributing to the Dartmouth
Hack-O-Lantern (the college humor
magazine), contributing to the newspaper
comic strip, and performing with an
improvisational group.
All of this experience ended up landing her a
job writing for The Office, which started off her
career as a comedy writer and actress.

7. Successful Example: Thomas Uger
College: Dartmouth College
Career: Co-Head of the Media and
Communications Department at KKR
Thomas Uger spent his college years
writing for the school newspaper, as well
as serving as the President.
While Thomas has not used his career to
become famous, his experience in media
has landed him a pretty high power job
working for KKR, alongside Kenneth
Mehlman.

8. Successful Example: Pete Cashmore
Career: Founder and CEO of Mashable
Pete Cashmore founded the popular
media and tech website, Mashable at 19.
Experience was not necessarily what
brought Mashable to life, but more from
Pete’s love of media and tech news, and
not a proper place to find it.
He has been named one of Forbes
Successful 30 under 30 people.