Hello everyone, I’ve been following EA for around a year, and attended the 2020 Virtual EA Global Conference. I am a 23 y/o Business Management and Geography graduate from the University of Exeter, and I was hoping by attending the conference I would meet people to become more involved in EA or help with my job search, but neither happened.
I’m currently trying to get work in journalism or communications at an NGO/charity. I have some experience in sports journalism, but I’m keen on using my skills to try and achieve a more positive impact on the world. The Geography aspect of my degree was human-oriented rather than environmental; I studied social and political geography, global urban futures etc. (which isn’t to say I’m not interested in more environmental topics).
I was a dedicated college journalist, and I think that the skills I learned from that have been useful for a lot of my work since I graduated (I’m 27 now, and manage content for CEA).
You may be doing some or all this already, but I recommend:
Checking the 80,000 Hours job board regularly (there’s more variety in the positions available than people sometimes think)
Following or reaching out to the Solutions Journalism Network. They aren’t formally EA-affiliated, but I’ve been in touch with a person who works there, and I think their mindset is a good fit for EA-aligned people who want to do journalism.
If you’d like to meet more people, here are some things to try (again, you may have done some already). The “meetings you’d like to arrange” thread dates back to March, but I’m trying to encourage people to keep using it, since new comments will appear on the Forum’s front page under “recent discussion” and people will keep visiting the post in the future.
If you want to chat with me about communications work in EA, you can schedule a time here.
I regularly check the 80,000 hours and EA Facebook page job boards. I didn’t know about the Solutions Journalism Network though, which seems like as good of a resource I could hope for at the moment, so thank you for that.
If I have some unanswered specifics on EA communications I’ll be sure to schedule a time to talk to you.
Hello everyone, I’ve been following EA for around a year, and attended the 2020 Virtual EA Global Conference. I am a 23 y/o Business Management and Geography graduate from the University of Exeter, and I was hoping by attending the conference I would meet people to become more involved in EA or help with my job search, but neither happened.
I’m currently trying to get work in journalism or communications at an NGO/charity. I have some experience in sports journalism, but I’m keen on using my skills to try and achieve a more positive impact on the world. The Geography aspect of my degree was human-oriented rather than environmental; I studied social and political geography, global urban futures etc. (which isn’t to say I’m not interested in more environmental topics).
Hey, George!
I was a dedicated college journalist, and I think that the skills I learned from that have been useful for a lot of my work since I graduated (I’m 27 now, and manage content for CEA).
You may be doing some or all this already, but I recommend:
Checking the 80,000 Hours job board regularly (there’s more variety in the positions available than people sometimes think)
Joining the EA Job Postings Facebook group
Following or reaching out to the Solutions Journalism Network. They aren’t formally EA-affiliated, but I’ve been in touch with a person who works there, and I think their mindset is a good fit for EA-aligned people who want to do journalism.
If you’d like to meet more people, here are some things to try (again, you may have done some already). The “meetings you’d like to arrange” thread dates back to March, but I’m trying to encourage people to keep using it, since new comments will appear on the Forum’s front page under “recent discussion” and people will keep visiting the post in the future.
If you want to chat with me about communications work in EA, you can schedule a time here.
Hi Aaron, thanks for your reply!
I regularly check the 80,000 hours and EA Facebook page job boards. I didn’t know about the Solutions Journalism Network though, which seems like as good of a resource I could hope for at the moment, so thank you for that.
If I have some unanswered specifics on EA communications I’ll be sure to schedule a time to talk to you.