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Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Media Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators — writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers — and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
My name is Erin Schreiner. I love working with students as an English teacher during the day, but I also need an opportunity to express myself and flex my creative muscle. Demand Media Studios gives me an excuse to do what I would be doing anyways ... writing. Writing about topics that interest me in a variety of pre-determined formats presents a challenge that keeps me motivated and on top of things. During my time with Demand Media Studios, I have written more than 100 articles. I hope to continue working with Demand and writing 100 more.
My name is Erin Schreiner. I love working with students as an English teacher during the day, but I also need an opportunity to express myself and flex my creative muscle. Demand Media Studios gives me an excuse to do what I would be doing anyways ... writing. Writing about topics that interest me in a variety of pre-determined formats presents a challenge that keeps me motivated and on top of things. During my time with Demand Media Studios, I have written more than 100 articles. I hope to continue working with Demand and writing 100 more.
From DS to DMS: Demand Media Studios Officially Launched Today
Posted by MaryK | August 4, 2010 | Comments (2)
As most of you already noticed, Demand Studios is now officially Demand Media Studios.
Since the launch of Demand Media's new look this last June, the time finally came for the connection between Demand Media and Demand Studios to be clearly defined. Since all videos and articles that this community creates are published on Demand Media's network of websites and select premium brand partners the new name made a lot of sense.
Although it's generally known that Demand Studios is a part of Demand Media, we wanted to take a minute and welcome all previous Demand Studios community members to Demand Media Studios.
Business will continue as usual here at the studio, and please feel free to explore the Demand Media company website if you haven't already.
Since the launch of Demand Media's new look this last June, the time finally came for the connection between Demand Media and Demand Studios to be clearly defined. Since all videos and articles that this community creates are published on Demand Media's network of websites and select premium brand partners the new name made a lot of sense.
Although it's generally known that Demand Studios is a part of Demand Media, we wanted to take a minute and welcome all previous Demand Studios community members to Demand Media Studios.
Business will continue as usual here at the studio, and please feel free to explore the Demand Media company website if you haven't already.
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Media Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators — writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers — and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
I'm Ally Gibson, a writer and titler with Demand Media Studios. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geography. After a year of odd jobs that I never really enjoyed, I decided to become my own boss. I started as an IC with a local company doing data entry. I struggled to pay my bills. I didn't start freelance writing until last July. I started writing for eHow, and in August I joined Demand Studios. I love the flexibility and the twice-a-week payments. I enjoy writing, and I never thought I would make a living doing it.
I'm Ally Gibson, a writer and titler with Demand Media Studios. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in geography. After a year of odd jobs that I never really enjoyed, I decided to become my own boss. I started as an IC with a local company doing data entry. I struggled to pay my bills. I didn't start freelance writing until last July. I started writing for eHow, and in August I joined Demand Studios. I love the flexibility and the twice-a-week payments. I enjoy writing, and I never thought I would make a living doing it.
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators—writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers—and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
I’m Zach Fenell, and I graduated from Notre Dame College of Ohio, where I studied communication, writing and philosophy. I also served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, “The Notre Dame News.” Since graduating, I have focused on a career in freelance writing. I love working for Demand Studios for many reasons. Unlike other writing websites, the pay from Demand Studios is worthwhile. I also find the feedback from copy editors to be very beneficial when doing rewrites. Additionally, I enjoy picking my article topics without having to come up with my own subjects.
I’m Zach Fenell, and I graduated from Notre Dame College of Ohio, where I studied communication, writing and philosophy. I also served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, “The Notre Dame News.” Since graduating, I have focused on a career in freelance writing. I love working for Demand Studios for many reasons. Unlike other writing websites, the pay from Demand Studios is worthwhile. I also find the feedback from copy editors to be very beneficial when doing rewrites. Additionally, I enjoy picking my article topics without having to come up with my own subjects.
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators—writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers—and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
My name is Diane Ambrosini. I have an educational background in kinesiology and biomechanics and have worked in a research lab, provided personal training services and taught senior fitness and yoga. I co-authored a yoga manual that is used in teacher training programs in the U.S. and abroad, and I also write online yoga-related articles. I love getting information out to the public and am happy to have Demand Studios as an outlet. I find writing for Demand Studios a unique and interesting experience, and one of the things I appreciate most of all about working with this group is the flexibility - just like in yoga!
My name is Diane Ambrosini. I have an educational background in kinesiology and biomechanics and have worked in a research lab, provided personal training services and taught senior fitness and yoga. I co-authored a yoga manual that is used in teacher training programs in the U.S. and abroad, and I also write online yoga-related articles. I love getting information out to the public and am happy to have Demand Studios as an outlet. I find writing for Demand Studios a unique and interesting experience, and one of the things I appreciate most of all about working with this group is the flexibility - just like in yoga!
The Demand Studios Grant Program has chosen Dani Alexis Ryskamp as the recipient of July’s $1,000 grant.
Dani Alexis’ project is a series of historical fiction short stories. Her work has been featured in the webzine, Expanded Horizons, but her goal is to publish her work as a complete collection. Intending to publish between ten to twenty short stories, we are excited to see her final product! Don’t forget to submit your application for the August grant because you could be our next winner!
We’ve read some amazing applications and would like to remind you that you can submit one project three times. The guidelines and application are in the Help section of your Resource Center. Applications for August’s grant will be accepted from Sunday, August 1 through Saturday, August 7th.
Dani Alexis’ project is a series of historical fiction short stories. Her work has been featured in the webzine, Expanded Horizons, but her goal is to publish her work as a complete collection. Intending to publish between ten to twenty short stories, we are excited to see her final product! Don’t forget to submit your application for the August grant because you could be our next winner!
We’ve read some amazing applications and would like to remind you that you can submit one project three times. The guidelines and application are in the Help section of your Resource Center. Applications for August’s grant will be accepted from Sunday, August 1 through Saturday, August 7th.
Congratulations again to Dani Alexis!
Joe Crosby isn't new to the Studio, but he is new to our editorial room. We wanted to take a minute and introduce the latest member to our editorial team, Joe Crosby.
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators—writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers—and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
I’m Roger Thorne. Since I stopped practicing law, most of my income has been from freelance writing. Though I love writing, I don’t like the peaks and valleys so common to freelance work. With Demand Studios, I have a very effective gap filler. When I don’t have other projects to work on, I come here and know I can get all the work I want. It’s a perfect work-at-home job, especially when you consider home can be anywhere with a computer and an Internet connection. Thanks Demand Studios.
I’m Roger Thorne. Since I stopped practicing law, most of my income has been from freelance writing. Though I love writing, I don’t like the peaks and valleys so common to freelance work. With Demand Studios, I have a very effective gap filler. When I don’t have other projects to work on, I come here and know I can get all the work I want. It’s a perfect work-at-home job, especially when you consider home can be anywhere with a computer and an Internet connection. Thanks Demand Studios.
Editor's Note: This is the second from a four-part series from Greg West, our Studio intern who is currently majoring in print/digital journalism at USC.
Read the first part here.
Thanks to my editor’s initiative, I had finally escaped the cramped confines of the newsroom.
I was at last out on the open road with my notepad and recorder hidden snugly beneath the professional folds of my khaki pants. The sweet taste of freedom had never been so sweet. Absent mindedly tapping my fingers on the steering wheel, I was heading to Mansfield Massachusetts to see Phish perform live at the Comcast Center. This would be my first big internet assignment as a rookie reporter for a two-thousand word blog post on the concert. I had no idea what to expect.
Things, of course, got weird as soon as I parked the car.
“Hey, man,” said the child with crooked glasses, outstretched palms, and a boyish grin. His hair was matted to his silt-strewn face and his clothes hung off his body like tie-dye rags on a scarecrow. “Make a miracle and get me dosed.”
I stood there with my mouth open. What did a ten 10-year-old just asked me for?
To his immeasurable chagrin, I didn’t have the means to give him the sort of “miracle” he wanted. However, I could sense that he possibly had something for me.
“Can I quote you on that?” I laughed and pulled the recorder out of my pocket to hold it out to him. “I’m writing an article about the band.”
“Uh, well, I don’t know,” he said untrustingly, “I have to talk to my dad.”
“Well,” I said “Do you think he’d mind talking to me about the band?”
It turned out that he didn’t mind at all. The kid, whose name turned out to be Travis, led me through mess of cars until we eventually stopped at his home - an old handed-down Winnebago illegally parked in one of the farthest lots.
His parents were sitting outside the car RV on lawn chairs with Travis’s three other siblings playing in the foreground. Travis’s parents had both been following bands since their childhoods. They lived frugally, made their money by begging and did their best to “exist for the moment.” I was so engrossed in talking to them that I missed the first three songs of the concert.
I was quickly discovering that there are interesting people all over with their own distinctive stories. The interview itself appeared to be my greatest method of uncovering these “social histories.” From these histories a new perspective is inevitably created for a previously unknown culture. Looking back, the Phish concert itself was great, but couldn’t compare with the lessons that my first interview helped teach me.
I knew this would be the first piece of the puzzle to a daring new adventure. But first, it was back to the newsroom to try and paste together the information nearly bursting from my notepad and recorder.
To be continued...
Read the first part here.
Thanks to my editor’s initiative, I had finally escaped the cramped confines of the newsroom.
I was at last out on the open road with my notepad and recorder hidden snugly beneath the professional folds of my khaki pants. The sweet taste of freedom had never been so sweet. Absent mindedly tapping my fingers on the steering wheel, I was heading to Mansfield Massachusetts to see Phish perform live at the Comcast Center. This would be my first big internet assignment as a rookie reporter for a two-thousand word blog post on the concert. I had no idea what to expect.
Things, of course, got weird as soon as I parked the car.
“Hey, man,” said the child with crooked glasses, outstretched palms, and a boyish grin. His hair was matted to his silt-strewn face and his clothes hung off his body like tie-dye rags on a scarecrow. “Make a miracle and get me dosed.”
I stood there with my mouth open. What did a ten 10-year-old just asked me for?
To his immeasurable chagrin, I didn’t have the means to give him the sort of “miracle” he wanted. However, I could sense that he possibly had something for me.
“Can I quote you on that?” I laughed and pulled the recorder out of my pocket to hold it out to him. “I’m writing an article about the band.”
“Uh, well, I don’t know,” he said untrustingly, “I have to talk to my dad.”
“Well,” I said “Do you think he’d mind talking to me about the band?”
It turned out that he didn’t mind at all. The kid, whose name turned out to be Travis, led me through mess of cars until we eventually stopped at his home - an old handed-down Winnebago illegally parked in one of the farthest lots.
His parents were sitting outside the car RV on lawn chairs with Travis’s three other siblings playing in the foreground. Travis’s parents had both been following bands since their childhoods. They lived frugally, made their money by begging and did their best to “exist for the moment.” I was so engrossed in talking to them that I missed the first three songs of the concert.
I was quickly discovering that there are interesting people all over with their own distinctive stories. The interview itself appeared to be my greatest method of uncovering these “social histories.” From these histories a new perspective is inevitably created for a previously unknown culture. Looking back, the Phish concert itself was great, but couldn’t compare with the lessons that my first interview helped teach me.
I knew this would be the first piece of the puzzle to a daring new adventure. But first, it was back to the newsroom to try and paste together the information nearly bursting from my notepad and recorder.
To be continued...
Ever wonder what it's like to work for Demand Studios? We checked in with our community of freelance creators—writers, copy editors, filmmakers and titlers—and asked them to share their experiences. Hundreds of people chimed in about why Demand Media works for them. Tune in daily to read their firsthand accounts.
My name is Constance Barker, and I live in southern Ohio. I've been writing for my own websites for the past five years. My websites range from personal finance to identity theft. I love working for Demand Studios because of the flexibility and the ability to work from home. I have learned a great deal in my research for Demand Studios and feel it's an honor to be a part of a great company and this talented network of writers and copy editors.
My name is Constance Barker, and I live in southern Ohio. I've been writing for my own websites for the past five years. My websites range from personal finance to identity theft. I love working for Demand Studios because of the flexibility and the ability to work from home. I have learned a great deal in my research for Demand Studios and feel it's an honor to be a part of a great company and this talented network of writers and copy editors.
