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>>Erik: If you were graduating today with English degree from a university and had ambitions
to move into media and publishing world, specifically digital media and publishing, where would
you start in your pursuit of finding an opportunity?
>>Mark: For today`s college graduates, media is a certainly a different environment than
it was 4, 5, 6 years ago when I came into it. But I think really the important thing
to focus on for people coming out of school is really to be able to continually hone your
craft and continue to work. One of the things valued in the media sphere right now are people
who are constantly working. The old days of necessarily working for one company or one
newspaper or one magazine, as a writer, and someone on that side of the fence, that becoming
harder and harder to achieve. Really kind of make use of all the communication means
out there. Having your own blog is really important. Building up a network through things
like Facebook and Twitter are also important. Really like branding yourself as someone with
a specific voice and specific take.