Professional Development Day

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Professional Development Day

On the 7th of November a Journalist who works for the Guardian and a worker for B3 Media talked about what’s it like in the media, came into Leyton Sixth Form college giving; advice on how to join the media, the best ways to get into the media, what to do at the time and how hard the media business is.

Dom Oliver

Don Oliver works for a company called B3 Media that supports and gives advice for people who wish to join into the media industry B3 Media makes connections: between Britain's multicultural communities and its creative industries by uniting the power of digital media with the creative potential of emerging digital artists, film makers, visual artists and sound artists.   Dom talked about how we should approach the media world and also what would benefit us the most. After talking about her history she then asked us if we wanted to ask her any questions about the media.

How do you get into the media world?

“Whether you hope to get into T.V, Radio, Publishing, Advertising and Journalism then you must begin your career planning early. In your first or second year get relevant practical skills such as; writing for Inquire, your local newspaper or your local radio station. Local radio stations has very good equipment and will give you useful live broadcast skills for your CV and if you're going for journalism you'll need a portfolio of articles you've had in print to show editors. Contact media employers and trying to get employment or most likely unpaid work experience with them.”

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Is it worth going to university or going straight into work?

“I think that going to both is a good idea. Each will benefit you no matter what. If you go to university you get more education but less experience and if you forget about university and go on to working you might get more experience but less education so I say its best to do both at the same time like I did. When I was studying at university I didn’t even want to really work into the media. I was studying history as a major and I ...

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