Books, Blogs, and Literary Mags, Oh My!

Students in the M.S. in Publishing program not only spend a great deal of time on media websites and reading blogs, but they also create them! We recently asked our students to tell us about their publishing-related online hobbies and businesses. Below, we have selected three examples to spotlight:

Media Stars Sound Off

Media Talk panelists (l-r): Moderator Carr, Tumblr's Karp, YouTube's Grove, Foursquare's Crowley, AOL's Eun

“You’ve all got the tools of insurgency in your hand… show me what you’ve made, show me what you’ve built,” David Carr, media columnist for The  New York Times, told the M.S. in Publishing students assembled for the NYU Media Talk series,  a panel discussion  on “The Case for Media Optimism: What’s Working and Why” hosted by the Center for Publishing at NYU-SCPS. His message? In today’s business climate, you have the opportunity to handcraft your own job.