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Recent Unemployed Becoming a 'Class' of Their Own

Alicia Alford — 2010-06-02T05:12:00+00:00

By Alicia Alford

Last year at this time Patricia Brown was a television producer in one of the top markets in the country. Today, she's back in the classroom, pursuing a career in education.

Just like more than 7 million other Americans, the recession left Brown without a job. Determined not to develop a "woe is me" attitude about unemployment, Brown, as well as many adults in her position, are opting to go back to school.

Confessions of a TV Newsroom Intern

Alicia Alford — 2010-03-09T06:41:00+00:00

This is what I "get" to do as a television news intern: Go out on shoots in all kinds of weather, log hours of video, catch random sightings of Al Sharpton and, oh yeah, work side-by-side with the people I aspire to be. I do way more than what's required of the average college intern, and that's why it's taken me three weeks to get out my first blog post about the experience.

I Have a Journalism Degree, Now What?

Alicia Alford — 2010-01-16T14:00:00+00:00

Being born in New York has been both a blessing and a curse for recent grad Samantha Manning. As a broadcast journalism major at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY, she has had the opportunity to intern in the number one media market in America. Despite interning for networks like ABC, as well as being the news director of her college radio station, Manning struggles to find a job.