Q&A With Kara Corridan, Manager, Communications, Prudential Financial
By Chandra Turner
The best part of my role as Talent Fairy is that I talk to people constantly. I talk to talent and hiring managers who work in traditional media …
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What I Learned in the Hell Year of 2020 After Being Hired 3 Times and Laid Off Twice
By Amanda Reed
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I would say I know how to catch a few curveballs considering how much I’ve gone through in the last eight months.
2020 started off on a high note. In …
“How I Learned the Craft of Editing”
We asked the Ed2010 and Talent Fairy community of current and former magazine editors to hark back to when they were whippersnappers learning how to shape a story. They waxed poetic about the good ole days and offered these some
…6 Ways to Mentor Editorial Whippersnappers in a Digital World (and a Global Pandemic)
By Chandra Turner
COVID makes it tough to mentor. But let’s be real, young editors haven’t been getting the mentorship and training they have needed even before the pandemic. With massive staff cuts at nearly every media brand, editorial leaders …
How Getting Laid Off from Magazines Helped Me Find My Path of Highest Good
By Chris Rackliffe
There is a path that’s meant for you. You can feel it in your bones when you’re walking along it. You feel supported, happy, and whole. You have faith that you are being led to what’s meant …
Why Tik Tok is the New Fave Platform for Fashion Influencers
By Lizzie Schneider
If you have not heard of the popular video app Tik Tok by now, you may just be living under a rock. The app developed by ByteDance originally launched in September of 2016 before becoming popular in
Keep Your Eye on These Female Black Fashion & Beauty Editors — They Are Our Industry’s Future
By Emily Weaver and Chandra Turner
We’d like to take a quick moment to interrupt the reckoning happening in media to share some of the young talent that is shaping editorial and moving our industry forward. This list highlights a …
How to find any hiring manager or editor’s email address, at any media brand
By Chandra Turner
Hey, here’s some advice: Email the hiring manager directly with your job application.
Um, duh. You knew that already.
Doing whatever you can to get in front of a hiring manager and standing out from the crowd …
The Cover Letter Template That Always Works for Me
By Erin Maher
My name is Erin, and I’m here to help you write a good cover letter for your job application. Because I’m tired of everyone asking me to write one for them.
First things first: what qualifies me?…
The Ultimate Guide to the Media Industry’s POC Organizations and Communities
What Can You Do to Support POC in Media? Start Here
The media industry is facing a reckoning for how it treats People of Color, and Black talent in particular.
White media folk: As you look to hire your next …