ProfNet Experts Available on Peace After Divorce, Diversity in Entertainment, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Peace After Divorce
• Should You Date Someone at Work?
• Diversity in the Entertainment Industry

MEDIA JOBS

• Travel Editor – Culture Trip (London)
• Reporter – Law360 (CA)
• Executive Director – Journalism Education Association (KS)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Peter Thiel Discusses Gawker With National Press Club
• How Newsrooms' Beats Are Shaping PR
• On PRN: Best Travel Experiences, Election Stress, Creepy Clowns

EXPERT ALERTS:

Peace After Divorce
Renee Smith Ettline, M.Ed.
Life Skills Counselor; Divorce Recovery Group Leader
After Divorce Ministries
"That you are not powerless is probably the most important concept to wrap your brain around as you deal with divorce. You can't control all circumstances, but you can work within your reality to make your life -- and that of your children -- better. You can exercise the power of choice to move in a positive direction. Furthermore, you can draw on the healing power of God to support and guide you along the way.
Ettline is a Christian counselor who guides individuals ready to move past the pain of failed marriages and on to finding better lives. She also offers concise practical actions parents can take to help children adjust and thrive despite their parents' divorce. She draws on her professional background, own divorce experience, and her Christian faith in her ministry. She is the author of two books on coping with divorce, "Peace after Divorce: Choosing Concrete Actions Rooted in Faith" and "Children Coping with Your Divorce? What Parents Can Do to Help." "Peace after Divorce" has been recognized as an exemplary Christian self-help book by the Illumination Book Awards; and her group curriculum, Peace after Divorce, is offered in churches throughout the U.S. Ettline uses her knowledge as a counselor, as well as her personal divorce experience and Christian faith, as foundations for her work.
Website: http://www.afterdivorceministries.com
Contact: Penny Sansevieri, [email protected]

Should You Date Someone At Work?
Dr. Frieda Birnbaum
Research Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
"Dating a co-worker could be a big risk to your employment, especially if things end badly. Your actions may be in violation of your workplace sexual harassment policy. In addition to the legal implications, there are emotional issues at stake if the relationship fails. If one person is a supervisor to the other, the likelihood of tension increasing becomes a factor and a shift in work motivation may occur. People with broken hearts may not be inclined to give their best efforts at work especially if their co-worker caused the pain. Even if you decide to date a co-worker and things go OK, you risk your fellow co-workers finding out -- some of whom will perceive you differently. If the person you are dating is someone you supervise and you praise them for doing a great job, some people at the office will think it's because you're dating them. There are a few circumstances where dating at work might turn out to very successful (marriage); however, most of the time it is an unnecessary risk to your personal and professional life."
Based in the New York metro area, Dr. Birnbaum is author of " Life Begins at 60: A New View on Motherhood, Marriage, and Reinventing Ourselves." She's an expert on depression, women's issues, and attaining happiness.
Contact: Ryan McCormick, [email protected]

Diversity in the Entertainment Industry
Russell Boast
Vice President
Casting Society of America
Diversity in the entertainment industry is on many of our minds. With the proliferation of scripted entertainment, particularly on television, casting directors are at the forefront of casting and they are in a unique position to remove biases and exclusionary forces, and challenge the creative teams behind films, TV and digital platform shows, to flesh out the project with "real" people who reflect our society authentically. Boast, co-chair of the CSA's Diversity Committee, can speak to the divide between Hollywood and various communities, the challenges within the casting process and the work being done to create real solutions to help eliminate exclusionary barriers: "Casting directors have always been on the forefront of pushing the boundaries of diversity. We get hired to think out-of-the-box whilst still serving the material, our directors' visions and our producers' wishes. It is our duty to embrace all diverse communities by listening to them and then educating our writers, show runners, directors and studio executives."
Contact: Bryan deCastro, [email protected]

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• Travel Editor – Culture Trip (London)
• Reporter – Law360 (CA)
• Executive Director – Journalism Education Association (KS)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• PETER THIEL DISCUSSES GAWKER WITH NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. Peter Thiel, known as "The Gawker slayer," recently spoke to a sea of reporters gathered at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was an interesting conversation, which ProfNet's Wes Benter recaps here: http://prn.to/2fixDt8
• HOW NEWSROOMS' BEATS ARE SHAPING PR. Traditionally, newsrooms have largely covered news based on geographic lines. While some organizations continue to operate this way, many are turning away from location-based beats and focusing instead on regional coverage of larger issues: http://prn.to/2f96Ssi
• HOW TO USE FACEBOOK TO IMPROVE YOUR REPORTER RESUME. It's hard to keep up with the rapidly changing skills required in the job force. Continuing education increasingly is becoming vital to stay relevant, but it can seem pretty daunting to take classes at a local community college or head back to grad school, especially if you work full-time. Luckily, there's a way to brush up on your skills from the comfort of your home (on a site you probably spend hours trolling anyway): Facebook. This week, Facebook is launching online sessions for journalists. The site is expanding its utility and offering free online courses through Blueprint, Facebook's global training program: http://bit.ly/2enjX2e

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