My intention over the past year is as follows:
- Try to go to at least one event every quarter that is related to the areas of media that I am interested in. Note: I have already joined Meetups but have not had the time to go to any of the meetups I’ve wanted to do due to clashes. Perhaps I can begin doing this during the summer holidays when it is more feasible.
- I am about to embark on a new era in my media career as a communications officer at Melbourne Catholic Archdiocese. So far I have done projects as a Comms Writer, a Video Co-Producer and Director, a Graphic Artist, Copywriter and Freelance Journalist. This role will amalgamate my interest in a world that I grew up in. I will endeavour to really create some notable pieces in my time here while studying my Master of Media.
- Keep up my grades and study interest while working!
- Prepare my missyinthemedia website: each page needs work and images need to be uploaded.
- Look after my health and make sure that I am in fine working order seeing as I’ll be very busy!
- Prepare my first children’s book for publishing
- Continue my volunteering where possible
- I would like to try and do some more short courses in illustrating and voice work
- Continue to read more books and publications and watch more movies and documentaries to enrich my storytelling abilities and to continuously remain inspired
- Develop a better routine so that I can actually achieve all this
- I’d like to collaborate more and go to more networking events that are career-orientated
- Work on at least one podcast!!!
- Invest in better equipment
- Keep track of all these goals so I don’t look back in a year’s time and wonder what has happened.
- Try and network with people in the industry that I admire. This is huge. I always feel a bit strange approaching people whose work I love. I don’t want to be seen as creepy or insincere or too gushy. I need to really plan out at least a question or two to ask to create value out of the situation and create an open communication line..
- I want to expand Cultureline and work on producing it, however with my work and study commitments I will have to put it on hold and perhaps keep working on developing the idea and gauging interest in terms of who I could collaborate with.