Allisonmedia.net

Allison Media

Mr. Allison a media teacher has compiled a huge resource library for his students and subsequently the rest of us. Check it out at the link below.

Allison Media
www.allisonmedia.net

Media Management Center at Northwestern University, Illinois

The Media Management Center at Northwestern University

This center is an amazing resource for professionals and companies in the media industry. Below is an except from their website about their offerings.

"The Media Management Center advances the success of media companies and the professional growth of media executives through its seminars, ground-breaking research and ongoing work with media companies worldwide. It is affiliated with the Kellogg School of Management and the Medill School at Northwestern University. The Center incorporates:
The Readership Institute, which focuses on actionable research, field-testing of readership-building ideas and measurement of their success and education and training for the newspaper industry on readership-building best practices and The Media Info Center, which publishes up-to-the-minute industry business and financial news on the Web. The Media Management Center is dedicated to excellence in journalism through executive education and industry research."

The Media Management Center at Northwestern University
www.mediamanagementcenter.org

L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth Vision Awards

For the past three years at the Sundance Film Festival, L'Oréal Paris and the Women In Film organization have been handing out the L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Vision awards. According to the Women In Film website, "as one of the Sundance Film Festival's sponsors, L'Oréal Paris created the Women of Worth "Vision" award to honor a female filmmaker whose work reflects the spirit of L'Oréal Paris' Women of Worth initiative, which was inspired by the signature phrase "Because You're Worth It." The program recognizes women from around the country who serve their communities, inspire others by example and have an innate sense of social responsibility and act on it."
The 2009 winners received the honor on January 17 at the Third Annual L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Vision Award Celebration hosted by Entertainment Weekly. "This year's award went to sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler, directors of 'William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe.' The award was presented by the first L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Vision Award winner, director and screenwriter Cherien Dabis, who celebrated the premiere of her film 'Amreeka' at this year's festival," according to an Entertainment Weekly events advertising promotion page in the April 2009 issue of People Style Watch.

Women In Film
http://www.wif.org/

Women of Worth
http://www.womenofworth.com/

NYU Fashion Writing Class

We all know that New York University has a treasure trove of literally thousands of courses to take both for academic credit and for continuing education, but their fashion writing course is certainly one of the most beneficial for all those budding fashion editors and writers in NYC. Their fashion writing course is offered during the 2009 summer term through the School of Continuing & Professional Studies' department of writing and speech. The five session course is $290 and can be applied toward the NYU journalism certificate and is taught by fashion writer Susanne D'Amato at the Washington Square campus. The course is on Tuesdays from 6:45 PM to 9:05 PM from May 26 to June 23.

NYU's website says, "this course is for those who are so passionate about what to wear that they feel compelled not only to talk about their opinions, but to write them down. We cover the fundamentals of all cultural reporting and writing (observation and description); try on the different forms of fashion writing (preview, review, trend piece and profile, among others) and discuss submission strategies. We also survey the world of fashion magazines--as well as the world of fashion itself. The goal of the course is to begin compiling a fashion writing portfolio." For more information on the program check out NYU's website below.

Fashion Writing Summer 2009 Course

www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X32.9781/20092/fashion-writing

New York University's Summer Intensives 2009

At NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies there are myriad options of courses that one can take to satisfy their media and communication arts related learning needs. Below is just a small list of the summer institute and intensive programs offered at the school.

The Summer Publishing Institute in Book, Magazine, and Digital Publishing
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X59.9000/20092/the-summer-publishing-institute-in-book-magazine-and-digital-publishing

Producing Intensive
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X34.9149/20092/producing-intensive

HD Videography Intensive
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X34.9250/20092/hd-videography-intensive

Filmmaking Four-Week Intensive: B/W--MOS
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X34.9066/20092/filmmaking-four-week-intensive-b-w-mos

Editing Two-Week Intensive: Final Cut Pro
http://www.scps.nyu.edu/course-detail/X34.9239/20092/editing-two-week-intensive-final-cut-pro

National Writing Project

The National Writing Project is a wonderful resource for educators who teach writing and the techniques that they learn from this program in turn benefit their students. The quote from their website below sums up what they are all about.

"The National Writing Project (NWP) is a professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, primary through university and in all subjects. The mission of the NWP is to improve student achievement by improving the teaching of writing and improving learning in the nation’s schools.

National Writing Project
www.nwp.org

Independent Magazines In New York City

New York City has a wealth of magazines that are still independent (or owned by small companies with a few publications) and going it alone, albeit very successfully without the help of a behemoth parent company's support. Below are a few examples and just the tip of the iceberg.

New York Magazine
www.nymag.com
Bonus: Their employment page is always chock full of job and internship opportunities.
http://nymag.com/newyork/jobs

Time Out New York
www.newyork.timeout.com
Bonus: Their employment page is always fully stocked with job and internship opportunities.
http://newyork.timeout.com/section/were-hiring

Paper Magazine
www.papermag.com

Zink Magazine
www.zinkmag.com

City Magazine
www.city-magazine.com
Bonus: Their employment page currently has many job and internship opportunities.
www.city-magazine.com/employment.html