Moving to New York City, beginning a graduate program, and meeting new people all while navigating the job search? Getting ready to start the NYU Summer Publishing Institute (SPI) is both exciting and daunting for our prospective students! To help answer all of those pressing questions—and more!—we decided to ask last year’s class to talk about their experiences and share the insights they gained along the way.
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Ask Our Alumni: Reflections from SPI 2015 Graduates
Every year at this time, the Summer Publishing Institute inboxes are flooded with emails from prospective students asking about course work, schedules, housing, networking, life in New York and so much more. We understand! Attending SPI is a dream come true for many of our students—one that gets increasingly stressful the more you think about moving to New York, making friends, and landing that first real job in publishing.
Instead of telling you about it, we decided to let the Class of 2015 speak their minds and answer your questions. After all, they were asking the same things just last summer!
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Meet the New Fall Faculty: Bios and Big Surprises
In case you need a (sort of) professional DJ, calligrapher, or pastry chef, look no further! The faculty members of the NYU M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media have many talents. While teaching is primary on their agenda this fall, they are skilled in a wide range of areas. Check out not only the professional achievements, but some “fun facts” about the new faculty joining our distinguished roster of leading publishing executives in classrooms this semester.
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Views and View-points at John Wiley & Sons
After weeks studying magazine and book publishing, the NYU Summer Publishing Institute (SPI) students were excited to escape the classroom and go on industry visits. My group crossed the Hudson on the PATH Train to quiet Hoboken, NJ, home of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Separated from the hustle of New York City, Wiley is no less of a force in the industry—the focus on global research, global education, and professional development has created a culture that fosters lasting careers and personal growth.
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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: [Read more…] about Books, Blogs, and Literary Mags, Oh My!