EVENT— Making Yourself Known: Building a brand, a reputation and an online presence
Join the SPJ Los Angeles Pro Chapter for a virtual workshop that will offer tips on how college students and seasoned professionals can land a job.
‘Making Yourself Known: Building a brand, a reputation and an online presence’ is a Generation J presentation led by two distinguished young journalists who will share their personal stories of how they gained multiple journalism jobs during trying times.
The event will be held Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., PST via Zoom. Panelist include Rick Montanez, live breaking news and general assignment reporter for KCAL News Mornings, and Emily St. Martin, former entertainment reporter at the Los Angeles Times and now digital features editor overseeing entertainment coverage across the Southern California News Group publications.
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Rick Montanez joined the KCBS/KCAL duopoly in 2020 after working as a reporter for KNBC for five years. For most of the last decade, he has covered major national and local stories across Southern California. Rick is a graduate of the University of La Verne, where he received a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in broadcast journalism. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Emily St. Martin, in addition to her current editor post, is an L.A.-based independent journalist with articles published in the New York Times, Vice, Cosmopolitan, BBC, Foodbeast, NBC, InStyle, Los Angeles Magazine and more. She's also contributed to both podcasts and documentaries, including Tubi’s “Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy.” Emily has a B.A. in journalism from the University of La Verne. While an undergraduate student, she held an editorial internship at the Hollywood Reporter. Emily earned an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of California, Riverside.