Job Search Resources for JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION Majors Mass Communication is the study of the applied communication processes of the mass media, and the environment in which they occur. Through various courses students develop writing, research and media production skills appropriate to broadcast, audio and video production and direction, and media law and management. Topics courses and practicum experience involve students in the study of technologies such as public broadcasting, computer networks, and cable television. Occupations to Consider Advertising Director Announcer Author Book Editor Bookstore Manager Broadcast Supervisor Broadcast Technician Camera Operator Circulation Manager Communications Mgr Copy Editor Copy Writer Print Production Mgr Publication Editor Public Info. Officer Publisher Reporter Script Writer Speechwriter Teacher Technical Writer Video Specialist Wire Editor Finance Industry Journals/Magazines Marketing Firms Medical Industry Newspapers Nonprofit Associations Publishing Co. Radio/TV Stations Sports Organizations Wire Services Writing Firms Kansas Media One Kuhn & Wittenborn Advertising Lang Diesel Marriott International Metro Sports Plattform Advertising Richdale Group/Slosburg Co Solusia Terracon Texas Monthly Magazine Traceylocke Tristar Publishing Inc Two West Inc Yellow Book USA Recent Kansas State University Graduates American Broadcasting Company Blackfoot Morning News Bott Radio Network Burns & McDonnell Dallas Morning News Deere & Company Ellerbe Becket Emporia Gazette Journalist Literary Agent Magazine Editor Media Director Media Relations Rep News Anchor Newspaper Editor Novelist Photojournalist Playwright Press Secretary Potential Employers Advertising Agencies Bookstores Editing Firms Educational Institution Correspondent Court Reporter Editorial Assistant Educational Affairs Dir. Electronic Pub. Specialist Feature Writer Fiction Author Filmmaker Freelance Reporter Fundraiser Investigative Reporter Fleishman Hillard Gragg Advertising Haworth Marketing and Media HMN Architects IMS Productions Jeff Olan Casting Inc Kansas City Wizards Websites to Consider ● Advertising Council . www.adcouncil.org/ ● American Humanics www.humanics.org ● American Society of Magazine Editors www.magazine.org/ ● American Society of Newspaper Editors www.asne.org/ ● The A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K‐State www.jmc.ksu.edu/ ● Assoc. of Nat’l Advertisers www.ana.net/ ● Greater Kansas City Council on Philanthropy www.kcphil.org ● Journalism Jobs www.journalismjobs.com/ ● Newspaper Assoc. of America www.naa.org/ ●Nat’l Newspaper Assoc www.nnpa.org/ ● USA Jobs www.usajobs.opm.gov/ ● The Write Jobs www.writejobs.com/ ● Careers in Communication ● Complete Guide to Public Employment ● Glossary of Writing Careers ● Great Jobs for Communication Majors ● Magazine Careers ● Newspaper Career Directory ● Public Relations Career Directory ● Online News Association ● Write Your Way to Riches Additional Online Resources ● Advertising Career Directory ● American Advertising Federation ● American Assoc. of Advertising Agencies ● American Copy Editors Society ● Breaking into Advertising Professional Organizations American Society of Journalists/Authors National Association of Broadcasters National Newspaper Publishers Assoc. www.asja.org/ www.nab.org/ www.nnpa.org/ Int’l Communication Association National Council of Teachers of English Society of Professional Journalists www.icadq.org/ www.ncte.org/ www.spj.org National Association of Black Journalists National Federation of Press Women www.nabj.org/ www.nfpw.org Sources: Kansas State University Academic and Career Information Center, University of Tennessee‐Knoxville, Miami (OH) University and UNC‐Wilmington