The drunken walk: how to think about this thing called a career

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Date
03/19/2022
Time
5:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Where
Online Workshop
Cost
$100.00
Registration Closed

The common wisdom is you plan a career, but most careers have starts, stops, detours, missteps and occasional highlights. It is a drunken walk to a goal, but a goal that you set.

In audio and media, you can take deliberate steps to get you from here to there even if the ‘there’ changes over time. In this practical workshop veteran audio journalist John Barth will guide you through the steps you need to get clarity and navigate a path forward for your career. He’ll help you figure out how to determine what skills and experiences you need and when, how you move from an ‘its just a job’ mindset to something with purpose and even how to figure out when it’s time to change directions and careers entirely. You’ll learn how to use the careers of others as a blueprint for your own and will also discuss the importance of mentors.

Finally, you will learn to skillfully bypass what we see in so many colleagues – that sense of feeling lost, confused or bitter about where you are NOW, so you are able to approach your career with purpose and a compass. There is no one defined path – but there are things you can do to navigate, excel and demonstrate your value so your impact aligns with income and with some real satisfaction over time and you will leave this class confident that you have the insights you need to know when you are finally ready for the big leap.

You will be emailed a link to the workshop two hours before it begins. 

Who's this class for?

• Anyone who’s wondering - how do I know what I want to do?
• How do I get there?

About Your Instructor

John Barth

John Barth, runs Creative Media LLC, a consultancy that advises media companies, audio shows, and public radio stations on talent recruitment, strategy, and content development.

Among his varied clients have been American Public Television, both WGBH and WBUR in Boston, The Boston Globe, WUNC-Chapel Hill, The Global Center on Trauma Journalism, Inside Climate News, and The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.

John has a long history as a journalist and media executive. He was the Chief Content Officer of PRX until 2021, overseeing a respected national program portfolio. And, he was instrumental in creating The Moth Radio Hour, a Peabody-winner and the duPont Award-winning investigative program Reveal. In that role, he also created, developed, and managed many podcasts.

John was the founding producer of Marketplace, ran AOL's News, Politics and Weather channels, where he worked closely with The New York Times, the AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, and ABC News.

John was the first Director of Original Content for Audible, developing on-demand audio programs.

He’s been a reporter and news director at public radio stations in Missouri, Minnesota, and Philadelphia, and he regularly contributed to NPR. John has an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri and advises the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. He lives in St. Louis.

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