For this assignment, you are to contact a person that is a working professional in film, radio, television
Introduction to Electronic Media
For this assignment, you are to contact a person that is a working professional in film, radio,
television.
Learning Objective: Ability to network and identify professionals in his/her career interest area.
Increase knowledge of students’ field of interest and how it may relate to the course, their major,
or their interests.
Assignment idea
Identify a professional working in your field of interest and conduct an informational interview with
him/her.
Students can locate professionals through professional networking gatherings, from your
personal
network, or by searching professional sites such as LinkedIn.
Interview must be via phone, in-person, or skype.
Student Introduction
Informational Interviews (or “networking meetings”) can be a great way to expand your
professional network and
learn more about a particular career field. For this assignment, find a person working in a position
that you would
someday like to have and schedule a time to interview the person.
Develop at least ten questions to ask during the informational interview.
After the informational interview, write a 1 to 2 page (double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman
font) essay
reflecting on the experience. Please address the following questions:
With whom did you meet and why?
For what organization does this person work, and what is his or her job?
Describe the interview – what were the main topics that you discussed?
What did you learn from the interview?
What steps will you take to follow-up after the interview?
Upload the essay to CANVAS. The Instructor will review each and give points for
answering the questions above.
Project #1: Interview Someone Working in Electronic Media
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Informational Interview. Recently, I interviewed a lady who works with Central New Yolk Film Professionals as a film producer. Below is the interview discussion. What aspects of the film career do you dislike? One thing I dislike about my professional field as a film producer is a way people judge me. People think that relates to the films I produce with my character. However, this is untrue, as my life has nothing to do with what I produce in the film industry………………..
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