Publishing
Brief Overview
Books, newspapers, and periodicals continue to entertain, educate, and bring us the news we need to be informed citizens. They are an outlet for critical thinking—informed and otherwise.
The industry is overwhelmingly centered in New York City. Mass-market book publishing resides in a decreasing number of large corporations, some of them parts of giant worldwide entertainment conglomerates. Each of them publishes under many imprints, the publishing world’s term for brands. Academic and scholarly books are mainly produced by publishing houses connected to universities. There is also a huge market for technical books for almost all occupations, from bricklayers to software engineers.
Many mass-market magazines such as Time, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair are also published in the Big Apple, so are many of the special-interest magazines published by outfits such as Hachette Filipacchi (Woman’s Day, Elle, Car and Driver, and Metropolitan Home).
However, while many of the thousands of trade magazines are also published in New York, a good number are published in the centers of their respective industries: Variety is published in Hollywood, and numerous computer magazines are published in and around Silicon Valley by companies such as CMP Media.
Learn more about the industry and research specific companies on the Vault and WetFeet.
Helpful Tips
Notre Dame students have interned with companies such as Simon & Schuster, and Random House. Although some of these organizations come to campus for information sessions, very few conduct interviews on campus. These internships can be very competitive and it’s important to review multiple sources for internships and network.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Vault
Internship Links
- BookJobs
- Book Publishing
– Gathers together entry level job offerings from nearly 200 publishers; provides information on the types of publishers and the departments within them; and can even help match college majors and particular jobs in publishing. - Magazine Publishers of America
– A comprehensive online career site for the consumer magazine publishing community. - McGraw-Hill Companies
- MediaBistro
- Princeton Review
- The Write Jobs
Develop Your Own Internship
Students can also contact employers directly to create internship opportunities.
Networking
Tips for networking with family, friends, and Notre Dame alumni. Learn how to obtain access to the Irish Online alumni database.
Professional Organizations
Professional organizations provide excellent contacts for networking and informational interviews. In some cases they may post jobs and internships on their websites.