May 2009
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“Film is not for everyone. In order to work in the film industry, you have to...”
– Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker Words of wisedom for up-and-coming filmmakers and production assistants.
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Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 5-Working for Documentary Filmmaker Rick McKay, creator of Broadway: The Golden Age and Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age.
Comm Creatives:
Talk a little bit about working for Rick McKay.
Albert Phaneuf:
How did you hear about this internship? “Through a professor at NYIT.”
What is your job title? “Under Rick McKay, I am an intern. I am...
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Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 5-Hardcore, Voluntary Professional Development Boot Camp
Comm Creatives:
What advice would you give other aspiring filmmakers?
Albert Phaneuf: “While in school, be active in classes. I was a work-study student at NYIT and I really cared about what I was doing and learned to use the equipment. And if I wasn’t in class and I was on campus, I was...
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Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 5-Future Career Plans
Comm Creatives:
What type of films would you like to work on in the future? Do you see your self as an independent filmmaker or working with a production company and why? Are you more of an editor or cameraman or both?
Albert Phaneuf:
“This is a very interesting question. I still am not sure whether I want to go the route of...
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Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 5-Memorable Projects, Music Video with Puppets
Comm Creatives:
What are some of your memorable past projects?
Albert Phaneuf: “The beautiful thing in my mind about film is that every project you are apart of is memorable in one way or another. One that really sticks out in my mind though is a music video I was apart of that was filmed entirely on...
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Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-Preparation for Career Close-Up
Comm Creatives:
How did you make the decision that film production was the career you wanted?
Albert Phaneuf:
“I always wanted to make sure that what I did as a career would be fun and exciting and that’s when I decided I wanted to go into film. At first though, I felt like it would be one of those little kid...
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“Try to have fun and enjoy what you do. You spend too many hours at work to hate...”
– Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former design director of the Queens Ledger/Brooklyn Star Newspaper Group. Commenting on his first editorial job straight out of college.
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Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 5-The Changing Landscape of Newspaper Journalism and Its Effect on Sports Writing
Comm Creatives:
How do you feel that the collapse of the newspaper industry will effect sports writers/editors? Has it effected you yet? If so how? What do you predict for the newspaper industry as a whole as papers continue to shutdown? Do you think traditional papers will...
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Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 5- Perks of a Sports Editor and Journalist Resources
Comm Creatives:
What are the perks and benefits of being a sports editor?
Nigel Chiwaya:
“You get to go to games for free! Think about it: I get paid to write about sports! How awesome is that? But also you’ll get great sports literature, and you’ll meet amazing people and learn a...
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Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 5-Esssential Skills Needed and Advice for Aspiring Sports Editors
Comm Creatives:
What essential skills does it take to be an excellent sports editor? What advice would you give to aspiring sports editors?
Nigel Chiwaya: “Beyond a passion for sports and good writing skills, you’ve gotta be willing to work at anytime. Sports is less random than...
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Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 5-The Sports Editor Life
Comm Creatives:
How is it different than what you expected it to be like?
Nigel Chiwaya:
“As far as a difference, we’re a weekly paper, so people don’t come to us for major sports news, so I’ve had to get better at writing timeless, feature pieces.”
Comm Creatives:
What are the career...
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Nigel Chiwaya, current sports editor and former...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-The Transition to Sports Editor
Comm Creatives:
How are your duties different now as a sports editor than when you were design director?
Nigel Chiwaya:
“It’s different because you’re actually out there covering stories and talking to people. With design, you’re very much in the office and when your hours are done, you can go...
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April 2009
31 posts
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“My advice for beginners is that they shouldn’t get easily intimidated by other...”
– Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photography skills and aspiring architect
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Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photographic...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 5-Photography Portfolio
Comm Creatives:
Do you have a website with samples of your work?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
“My work is currently on Flickr.com until I get my website up and running.”
http://flickr.com/photos/natashajahangirbutt
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Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photographic...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 5-Recommended Equipment
Comm Creatives:
What type of camera and lenses to you use and what basic equipment would you recommend for people who want to begin doing photography?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
“The equipment I use— Camera body: Canon 20D SLR; Lenses: 17-85mm F/4.0-5.6, 50mm F/1.8, 24mm F/2,8; Flash: Canon speedlite 430EX
For beginners, it...
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Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photographic...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 5-The Architecture/Photography Career Balance
Comm Creatives:
Even though you are working towards becoming an architect, would you also like to take your photography to a professional level?
If so, what types of photo projects would you like to do, any specialties or preferences?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
“I don’t know really. I’m just taking it one...
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Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photographic...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 5-Photographic Inspiration
Comm Creatives:
What creative elements inspire your photography?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
“People in general inspire me. I love taking pictures of people laughing or flowy hair, little things that we tend to overlook in our everyday life.”
Comm Creatives:
What photographers do you admire and why?
Natasha Jahangir...
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Natasha Jahangir Butt, advanced photographic...
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-Honing and Sharpening Photographic Skills
Comm Creatives:
Where did you learn your photography skills?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
I just started taking pictures. I did read some books, photo books and then looked at websites online.
Comm Creatives:
What do you do to maintain and improve your skills?
Natasha Jahangir Butt:
I try to keep myself up to date...
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“Design and draw for yourself. It’s important to keep your creative juices...”
– Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
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Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 5-Essential Knowledge for Graphic Designers
Comm Creatives:
What are the essential reference materials, professional organizations and people to know for graphic designers?
Michael Hackney:
“Essential reference materials are art-history books. It’s important to understand art history because it helps the artist to understand why other...
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Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 5-Essential skills to make it in graphic design and the best places for networking
Comm Creatives:
What technical skills, personal characteristics and equipment does one need to become a successful graphic designer?
Michael Hackney:
“Good old-fashion hand-drawing skills and creativity are important although someone can squeeze by with only technical...
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Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 5-Dream job of self-employment
Comm Creatives:
What is your dream job in graphic design? What company would you like to work for and what would you be doing?
Michael Hackney:
“My dream job is to design for worthy causes, whether its designing a poster about healthcare or raising awareness about social injustices. My goal is to work for myself and...
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Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 5-The Highlights and the Challenges of Graphic Design
Comm Creatives:
What are the most favorable and challenging aspects of graphic design for you?
Michael Hackney:
“The more favorable aspect of graphic design is designing for a cause. Using graphic design to raise awareness or make social commentary is powerful and enjoyable because artists and...
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Michael Hackney, aspiring graphic designer
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-Life Long Artistic Training
Comm Creatives:
How did you decide that graphic design was the career you wanted?
Michael Hackney:
“Upon entering middle school I decided to enroll in the art program. This allowed me to explore and experiment with charcoal drawings, computer-art and painting. I also enrolled in the art program in high school which...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Final Thoughts: Advice for aspiring public relations executives
“Excellent communication skills and understanding of current trends and environment are required in the fields. One has to keep oneself updated.”
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“Success has good taste. It comes to those who believe in it. I love life and my...”
– Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 6 of 6- Blogging past time
Comm Creatives-People:
What’s your blog about?
Hetal Naik:
“My blog is about myself - my hobbies, things I like, admire and appreciate. It is my communication tool to express myself. I like to write, paint and click pictures. The creativity gets reflected in my blog.”
Comm Creatives-People:
When did you get the...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 6- Current internship
Comm Creatives-People:
What company do you currently intern for and what are your duties?
Hetal Naik:
“I am an intern at AAR Partners in New York. It is a marketing consultancy firm and I help in researching to keep the database of agencies and clients.”
Comm Creatives-People:
What are the best and most...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 6- Experience at a newspaper
Comm Creatives-People:
Talk a little bit about the work you did at the newspaper.
Hetal Naik:
“I worked as a copy editor at the Times of India.”
Comm Creatives-People:
What were your duties there?
Hetal Naik:
“My job was to write and edit articles for special features that would be on fashion,...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 6- The rewards and challenges of the public relations and advertising fields
Comm Creatives-People:
What do you like most and least about the public relations and advertising fields?
Hetal Naik:
“The public relations and advertising fields require one to be creative and to face challenging situations, meet deadlines and understand diverse...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 6-Starting out in the PR field.
Comm Creatives-People:
What advice would you give students and recent grads?
Hetal Naik:
“My suggestion to students would be to be confident and have excellent communication skills - visual or verbal. They ought to give their best as competition is an integral part of today’s job market. The ones who survive in...
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Hetal Naik, aspiring public relations executive
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 6-Introduction
Comm Creatives-People:
What attracted you to the fields of public relations, marketing and publications?
Hetal Naik:
“I like action and interaction. These fields require one to be active and updated. They suit my personality aptly.”
Comm Creatives-People:
What is your ultimate goal working in the public relations, marketing...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Final Thoughts: Advice for aspiring broadcast journalists
“I have been told many times lately that it will be harder for me to get a job with the current state of the economy. While l have taken every comment in, I have taken them all in with stride and have not let them get me down. If you want to be a broadcast journalist, you have to have the passion and drive to pursue it, or else you...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Career Q & A Interview: Part 5 of 5-Career focus, favorite and challenging aspects of the business.
Comm Creatives-People:
Which role are you leaning more towards, the on-air talent; the behind-the-scenes writer/producer or the technical/video editor? Why?
Kathleen Hessman:
“Over the past few years I have actually switched between wanting the on-air talent position and being a...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Career Q & A Interview: Part 4 of 5-Resources and professional development
Comm Creatives-People:
What websites, books, magazines, TV shows helped you learn more about broadcasting?
Kathleen Hessman:
“Growing up I have always watched the NYC television markets to get my news, whether it be Eyewitness News on Channel 7, NBC4 or Fox5. These have shown me a great deal about the...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Career Q & A Interview: Part 3 of 5-It’s all about the skills
Comm Creatives-People:
What technical skills do you have that help you as a broadcast journalist?
Kathleen Hessman:
“Over the years I have learned a lot of basic editing skills in Final Cut Pro that will help me in the future if I need to edit my own stories. I have also learned audio production programs such as...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Career Q & A Interview: Part 2 of 5-Building up professional experience and getting help along the way
Comm Creatives-People:
Youʼve been involved with broadcast journalism in various ways since high school, whatʼs your favorite, radio or TV?
Kathleen Hessman:
“Radio and television mean a lot to me in different ways. When I did radio in high school, I was able to have control over...
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Kathleen Hessman, aspiring broadcast journalist
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-Introduction
Comm Creatives-People:
What inspired you to get into broadcast journalism?
Kathleen Hessman:
“Ever since I was young I have been involved with theater and singing. With those activities, you are always in front of people, thus performing. I loved doing theater so much I pursued it throughout high school and college. However, when I...
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January 2009
2 posts
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