Digital Reinvention for Journalists: Transfer the Skills You Own to a Career in Digital

Digital Reinvention for Journalists: Transfer the Skills You Own to a Career in Digital

Instructor: Charlie Rogers

Since the dawn of the Internet, media vets have been able to make the jump to digital, transferring their experience gained in print to the wild and wooly web. Lately, it's gotten tougher for the seasoned set; all this at a time when content is exploding around us through the advent of social media. The time to reinvent is now, and Charlie Rogers, an editor who made the leap long ago and has hired many a gray hair since, is just the guy to give you the straight dope on how to transition to a career in digital 2.0. In one intensive evening you'll walk away learning:  

• which skills you already own that can translate to digital
• how online editorial roles have expanded to include new responsibilities (SEO, social media, audience development, analytics)
• what resources and training you will need to excel in web-based journalism
• why Social Media is actually your friend
• how to build (and maintain) a digital "presence" in both your personal and professional life 

If you're a writer or editor who is feeling like you've been labeled "old school" (even if you were at the birth of the Internet) but know you have the chops to be "new school," don't miss your chance to take this transformational class.

Your Instructor: Charlie Rogers has twenty years of experience launching print and interactive projects for media companies including Bertelsmann, Advance Publications, Conde Nast, Time Warner, Martha Stewart, Wiley & Sons, Ziff-Davis, and NBC.  He has served as editor-in-chief, launch manager, and product visionary on dozens of digital ventures and is currently the Managing Editor at iVillage. Right now Charlie's building a new site for iVillage.com that is completely by and for Baby Boomers, where he hired amazing print talent and is teaching them the ways of the web.   If you’d like to book Charlie for a one-on-one coaching session, email us at academy@thehiredguns.com. 

Details
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM; Stay for our wine and cheese networking event from 8-9!
Place: The Hired Guns Hive, 33 West 17th St, New York, NY
Cost: $129
Instructor: Charlie Rogers
Prerequisites: your current resume and an itch to leap to the digital sector
* Class size limited to 16 students