love lockdown

on fondness, romance and the space inbetween

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SOC Alumni Voices explores the individual journey from graduation into the professional world. School of Communication alumni talk  about their careers  – the highs and lows – future hopes and dreams and surprises along the way.

 

Past Episodes

Career Job Sources

JOURNALISMJOBS.COM (media job listings site)

MEDIABISTRO.COM (media job listings site)

CURRENT.ORG (online publication and job site)

INDEED.COM (an employment search engine)

RTDNA (The Radio-Television Digital News Association)

About the Host

Testing Love Lockdown

Jill Olmsted is a professor of Journalism at the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C. She is the author of Tools for Podcasting (2019), teaches podcasting and advised the AU law school on creation of a podcast. She has taught communication courses for 30 years, specializing in audio and video storytelling and public affairs reporting. She writes and comments about media issues, does freelance voice-over work and has done media training for law enforcement and government agencies.

Earlier in her career Professor Olmsted worked as an on-air television and radio news anchor, reporter, and editorialist as well as a producer, editor, photographer, and news manager for stations around the country. She covered local, national and international news events on issues that included national political conventions, the Pope’s U.S. visit, U.S. Open Golf Championships and a terrorist attack in Israel. She also worked as a Washington, D.C. correspondent for nationally syndicated programs, covering the White House and federal agencies. She’s been a member of professional organizations that include the Online News Association (ONA), Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and The Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

Contact Info

Email: jolmste@american.edu

Phone: 202 885-2010

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