Alumni Connection 2008

Slide 1: LIFE AFTER BTB. It will never be the same. William Couch OrlandoSentinel.com 25 January 2008

Slide 2: A glorious fall afternoon in the Big House. ONCE UPON A TIME... There was this place called Ann Arbor.

Slide 3: U of M Men’s Glee Club, performing in Hill Auditorium. Haha, Glee Club. Make all your jokes now.

Slide 4: Now, a writer for The Onion! The Every Three Weekly? That’s a silly name.

Slide 5: Goodbye, North Campus. Too much code. See ya, Computer Science.

Slide 6: Hello, 16mm. Needed something visual. Greetings, Film and Video Studies Screen Arts and Cultures.

Slide 7: Try The Daily? Sure.

Slide 8: Ashley Dinges, she rocks. “You should apply for this.” Why not?

Slide 9: The announcement on SND.org, the industry’s website. Congratulations! Whoa.

Slide 10: The announcement of the final five interns at SND Orlando in September 2006. You’ve got an internship! Maybe I should be doing this for a living...?

Slide 11: Young journalists from around the country know how to have a good time. Welcome to Poynter. There’s a bootcamp for Journalism?

Slide 12: St. Petersburg Times’ Lara Cerri caught me on the phone with the Orlando Sentinel. “We’d like to offer you a job.” Holy crap.

Slide 13: Disney: 15 miles thataway. Downtown Orlando, as seen from The Citrus Bowl, home of the Capital One Bowl. Eat that, Tebow. WELCOME TO ORLANDO. I do not go to Disney every weekend. Disney is not in Orlando.

Slide 14: The Job. Multimedia Artist / OrlandoSentinel.com

Slide 15: What I Work With Multimedia Artist? Take a story; bring it to life.

Slide 16: The Projects. Interactive Flash packages.

Slide 17: There is a perception that the plane ri Senator John McCain staved off a spirited after a big road victory, like the one t kabee to win the South Carolina primary on We’re All Gonna Die! Grab Your Video enjoyed over the Dallas Cowboys last he ghosts of the attack-filled primary here that al hopes eight years ago. night, is bacchanal revelry, Mardi Gra qÜìãÄë=o~ÅÉ=~ë=g~é~åÛë=_Éëí=pÉääÉ 35,000 feet. To all those traditional developm oo many big-studio productions, “Cloverfield” as a showcase for impressively realistic-lookingin a child’s life, like learning to w l effects, a realism that fails to extend to the read, we can now add technolog McCain and Clinton to invoke pity Tough Wins ing humans whose fates are meant Capture ar but instead inspire yawns and contempt. milestones like using a mouse, d have I rooted for a monster with such enthusiasmmusic and surfing the Internet. I ❤ THIS PROFESSION. Yes, I did just use “heart.”

Slide 18: The Co-workers. Others hear laughter. We hear ideas.

Slide 19: The Journalism. Serving a community. BONU CO S! M VOCAM Standing as the Fourth Estate. B!

Slide 20: The banquet dinner at the Park Plaza Hotel. SND Boston, October 2007 The Industry. Networking is where the magic happens.

Slide 21: The Transition. Taking a hint from UK’s The Guardian.

Slide 22: THING WISH S I I KNOW’D N IT’S NOT CAKE, THOUGH. Baking a cake is easy. Journalism isn’t.

Slide 23: Orlando Sentinel’s newsroom. It’s hard to break in. Getting a newsroom job is tricky. (Getting a photojournalism job is even trickier.)

Slide 24: Your work ≠ your salary. But what you don’t get in cash, you’ll get in satisfaction.

Slide 25: Leaving work, or leaving for work? There will be abnormal hours. Your job is to serve those 9-to-5-ers.

Slide 26: A long day after a tragic accident. Remember group projects? They’re back.

Slide 27: “What? You’re not going into Computer Science?” Your parents may think you’re crazy. You can prove them wrong, however.

Slide 28: Except, you may not be a guy, or look this gothic. YOU CAN GET A JOB, TOO. As much as others try to convince you otherwise.

Slide 29: Interested in Journalism? Hands down, join The Daily.

Slide 30: Ashley Dinges | Class of 2007 News & sports designer, San Jose Mercury News

Slide 31: Eston Bond | Class of 2007 Marketing designer, Facebook

Slide 32: Phil Dokas | Class of 2007 Interface Engineer, Organic, Inc.

Slide 33: Bridget O’Donnell | Class of 2009 Design intern (Summer ’08), The New York Times

Slide 34: OK, so how do I do this? Market yourself.

Slide 35: PRACTICAL TIPS!

Slide 36: your name Feeling lucky? Google yourself. It’s not egotistical, it’s smart.

Slide 37: Register a dotcom. Preferably your name. Same price as a sharkbowl from Rick’s.

Slide 38: Start a blog on your new site. Talk about your hobbies, your passions, what you want to do.

Slide 39: Be visible. Think socially.

Slide 40: Social. Networking. Period. There’s more to them than poke wars.

Slide 41: Become a brand. Madison Ave. knows something.

Slide 42: Study your employer. Interviews are akin to class exams.

Slide 43: Be confident. And be yourself.

Slide 44: DOWNLOAD AND REVIEW: http://williamcouch.com/presents Miss something? I won’t hold it against you.

Slide 45: Thanks for your time. I bet you’re hungry. I am, too.