Claremont McKenna College Career Services Center
Careers in Journalism and Publishing
Online Resources
VAULT.com
 Access through Career Services Center Website
 For Password, read instructions online.
 Use Occupational Profiles list for: editor, writer, freelance write
 Relevant Vault Guides:
Vault Career Guide to Book Publishing
Vault Career Guide to Journalism & Information Media
Vault Guide to the Top Internet Industry Employers
Vault Guide to Library Careers
Vault Guide to the Top Publishing and Journalism Employers
CareerBuilder.com
 Access through Career Services Center Website
 To search for jobs, click “Find Jobs.” Under “Job Categories” click on the pulldown menu and search “media-journalism-newspaper”
Yahoo! (http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/)
 Offers many job postings
 Enter either “publishing” or “journalism” into keyword search area; provide other
information such as location as needed
Journalismjobs.com
 Offers journalism resources, current journalism opportunities and resume posting
capabilities
Journalism.co.uk
 Provides multiple journalism job postings and many useful journalism links
Sunoasis.com
 provides information on writing jobs as well as job postings
U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
 Provides useful information about occupations in journalism, writing and editing.
 Journalism: (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos088.htm)
 Writers and editors: (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm)
Writerswrite.com
 Includes information and useful links on Journalism, publishing and other
writing-oriented jobs
GraduateJobs.com
 Offers current jobs in writing, editing and communications
University of Iowa Journalism Resources
 Offers links to many different journalism resources
 http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
Journalism.org
 In-depth information about journalism
Publishers Weekly
 International news source for book publishing and book selling.
 http://www.publishersweekly.com/
Newspaper Jobs
 A resource for finding newspaper related jobs.
 http://www.freep.com/legacy/jobspage/
Ed2010
 Magazine job and internships listings
 A helpful blog about the magazine industry
 http://www.ed2010.com/
Conde Nast Careers
 Editorial, Advertising, Online and Corporate departments Internships at a multiplatform media company
 http://condenastcareers.com/
Career Center Resources
Books found in CSC library
 Career Opportunities in The Publishing Industry, by Fred and Jan Yager (02.03)
 What Can You Do with a Major in English, by Shelly O’Hara (20.07.02)
 College Majors and Careers: A Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning, by
Paul Phifer (20.06.01)
 Careers in Communications and Entertainment, by Leonard Mogel (02.01.00)
 Occupational Outlook Handbook, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor
(20.04.00)
 O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles, (80.04.01)
 The Media Internship Book, Career Education Institutes (04.07.02)
Alumni Career Contacts Database
https://webapps.cmc.edu/alumni-career/login.php (same username and password as for email)
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