Week 3- O'Neill

  The Topeka Capital Journal is arguably the leading newspaper in the Topeka area and covers a wide range of news not only in Topeka but on a State, National and International basis. The CJ reports on sports teams from a high school level up to professional standard, reports on any political news affecting the area and many local stories and features relevant to the Kansas and Topeka area. I would benefit greatly from an opportunity to work at the Topeka Capital Journal as it provides a great chance for me to learn the craft of journalistic writing and make a contribution to the local community that I currently live in. It would also give me experience working for a journalistic company outside of my home country of the United Kingdom and would give me some insight in to how the rules and particularly the media laws and ethics vary.

Week 3_ Wagers

I would love to join Shelley Jensen Photography. She and her husband run a small, but quickly growing photography business from their home.  She is so passionate about her work: she takes the time to get to know her clients and truly captures who they really are. I am constantly seeing new and innovative things from Shelley on her websites, blog, and Facebook.

A little more about Shelley: she has been in the photography and design world for 15 years, she is a member of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America), and she is the official photographer for the United Way of Greater Topeka.

During the beginning of my senior year of high school, I was on the search for a photographer, knowing exactly what I wanted, as I too am a photographer and wish to pursue that in one way or another, I came across shelleyjensen.com and immediately fell in love with her style, her grace in editing, her amazing ideas, and her original photo shoot locations.

http://shelleyjensen.com/

http://shelleyjensen.blogspot.com/

http://topekaseniors.shelleyjensen.com/?load=flash#

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelley-Jensen-Photography/116297961723408

Week 3 - Willis

The Kansas City Metropolitan Area offers many special-interest groups in the media industry due to the fact that it is the 31st largest media market in the United States. A variety of disciplines are available, ranging from Radio and Television to Public Relations and Entrepreneurship. I was able to find several different organizations on the website: http://kc.iabc.com/special-interest-groups-sigs/#link-3. The organization best suited for me was the 'Rising Stars Special Interest Group'. It is a group specifically for workers in the industry who have less than 10 years of experience. Upon entering the job market in this field, this would be a wonderful place to make connections. Though the group is smaller and doesn't meet on a strictly set schedule, friendships are formed and networks are created. It has more of a social spin to it, rather than that of professionalism. The KC/IABC Rising Stars group make themselves readily available by having a Facebook page, which is where I obtained some information for my search. Just today, (February 2nd, 2012) they held the 2012 Business Communicators Summit where they dined together and brought in about a dozen speakers who are masters of their fields. Taking the time away from work to build up connections can really pay off in the long run. In the words of Armstrong Williams, a politician and talk show host, "Networking is an essential part of building wealth."

week3- Li

I researched Galiath is a very nice on-line-business content service in Topeka, KS. The full name of it is The Gale Group, Inc.. It providing global company and industry intelligence to business executives. Goliath provides immediate on-line access to more than three million records including business articles, industry reports, company profiles and executive contacts pulled from business data resources maintained by The Gale Group, Inc. The site serves a range of business needs - from starting a company, to researching an existing company and reviewing best practices, to retrieving recent business news. In addition, it also serving the school and library communities, licenses its proprietary content for integration within Web-based information services. Nearly 100 organizations - including Look smart, Borders, Dow Jones, and Thomson Financial - presently enjoy strategic business distribution partnerships with The Gale Group, Inc..


http://goliath.ecnext.com/

Week 3 Lawson

I researched Through a Glass Production which is a full service film and video production company in the Kansas City area. They produce feature films, commercials, music videos, documentaries, corporate videos, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Their work can be seen in theaters and movies on DVD, also some of their work may be on TV such as MTV, Discovery, Animal Planet and more. I chose Through a Glass Production because I love creating films and working with cameras. The work can be really hard and frustrating but when you finish you get a wonderful feeling of accomplishment that you can't beat. When people enjoy watching what you created you just feel like you're apart of their happiness.

Check out Through a Glass Production!
http://www.throughaglass.com/about_us.html

Week 3 - Funk

When researching what local company I wanted to blog about I searched for companies that dealt with printing and publishing. I picked this particular type of company because this is basically what type of career I'm interested in having in the future. For the link, I wanted to post info about the growth, history, and future of the Barker Printing Company that is here in Topeka. It describes what equipment they have updated and how it will help them continue to be successful in the future. It also has side tabs where you can look at their printing, designs, and bindery. Last semester I actually created my sister's baby shower invitations so I find these companies very interesting.

http://www.bpctheprinter.com/aboutus.html

Week 3 - Koehler

Topeka, Kansas acquires many successful media organizations in the business. However a unique business focuses primarily on videos, movies, and TV commercials and many forms of digital content.  Having had the privilege of meeting Jeff Carson in late 2010; he and Greg Read founded Gizmo in 2004. Gizmo is a film and video production company, which is a group of marketers, storytellers, and artist who are talented in media projects. Gizmo focuses on motion graphics and video productions; however, Gizmo Productions write, direct, and shoot film and create marvelous media content. Gizmo has professional grade photography, radio and video.  Gizmo has their own blog so you may know what is currently going on with the business and sees their talented productions. The website is rather fascinating, encourage all to check it out.

http://www.gizmopictures.com/index.html