Halifax Law Alumni Cocktail Reception
Halifax Law Alumni Cocktail Reception
Thu, Mar 23, 5:00 PM
Discovery Centre • Halifax, NS
Free
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Halifax Media Mixer
By CMG Freelance and CWA Canada Associate Members
When and where
Date and time
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM AST
Location
The Company House 2202 Gottingen Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 3B4 Canada
Description
Join us for a FREE evening of training, mentorship and socializing with other Halifax media workers and students. Free drinks and snacks will be served!
6:00 - Doors Open
6:15 - Workshop: How to Build a Sustainable Career in the Media
We will share tips and advice for finding meaningful work and navigating today’s media sector as interns, freelancers and employees.
7:00 - Speed Critiques/Mentorships
An opportunity to chat with and get advice from journalists in print, photography, tv and radio. You can also sign up in advance for a one-on-one writing, resume or photography critique.
OUR MENTORS INCLUDE: Buffy Childerhose (Freelance writer and director); David Pate (CBC Nova Scotia's Senior Producer, in charge of TV news), Don Genova (freelance journalist), Francis Campbell (Truro Bureau Chief, Halifax Chronicle Herald); Martin O'Hanlon (former parliamentary editor at The Canadian Press); Maureen Googoo (editor at kukukwes.com), Sandra Phinney (freelance journalist); Michael MacDonald (reporter, The Canadian Press); Stephen Brake (photo editor).
8:00 - Social! Have a drink and snacks on us.
This space is wheelchair accessible.
EVENT PARTNERS
Dalhousie Gazette, Halifax Media Co-op, Halifax Typographical Union, King's Students' Union, News Photographers Association of Canada, Professional Writers Association of Canada, Travel Media Association of Canada
OTHER EVENTS
About the organizer
Organized by
CMG Freelance and CWA Canada Associate MembersCMG Freelance is the Canadian Media Guild‘s voluntary membership for freelancers, designed to help fill the growing gaps in social security and workforce supports that are hallmarks of today’s harsh economy. CMG Freelance also represents self-employed journalists who contribute on a freelance basis to the CBC.
CWA Canada Associate Members is a community dedicated to connecting student, volunteer and precarious (intern, temporary, part-time) media workers to each other, and to the resources they need to realize their creative and career goals.