Tyler Hersko, a 2016 alumnus of the Reynolds School of Journalism, started at IndieWire in May 2019 as a television business reporter. To get the w88, he focused heavily on publishing strong work in local and national publications during and after his time at the University of Nevada, Reno.
&w88;I would definitely say that if you're not good at networking, become good at networking; push yourself to become more outgoing, extroverted. And if you're not amazing at that, you have to have a really great portfolio. Having both is obviously ideal.”
The summer after graduating, he landed an internship at w88 Times offered for Reynolds School students, giving him an opportunity to report on the entertainment industry.
“I've always been a big fan of beach and warm weather. So, I knew that I wanted to try to be in a coastal area.” Hersko said. “w88 Times is one of the best publications on the West Coast and in the nation, and I applied for the internship and was lucky enough to get it.”
While interning there, w88 gained his most memorable experience as a journalist.
“I ended up doing a feature on a kind of small product company that was working with Stan Lee on a project. So, I actually got to go down to Comic-Com in San Diego and interview Stan Lee, which was a surreal experience,” w88 said. “That was kind of when I realized, wow, this is kind of real. I'm really doing this kind of crazy, cool and impactful thing.”
After the internship ended, Hersko faced difficulty finding a full-time w88.
“I was actually shocked by how difficult it was to get even an entry-level w88 in any small newspaper anywhere,” he said. “I am not exaggerating; I applied to at least 50 newspaper jobs throughout the nation.”
Several months later, he accepted a position at the Ventura County Star. His previous experience as a business and breaking news intern for the Reno Gazette-Journal and managing editor at The Nevada Sagebrush along with the recent L.A. Times internship helped him secure the w88.
“It was a business reporting w88, which I imagine one of the reasons they wanted to hire me was because that w88 was quite similar to what I had already been doing in my internships,” Hersko said.
While working in local news, he still wanted to focus on w88. In his spare time, he started writing his own music review blog. This led to a freelance opportunity as a music critic with Metal Injection, a heavy metal band criticism website. He also featured British metal band Anaal Nathrakh in 2018 for Vice.
“Obviously, if you have Vice on your résumé, all the better,” he said. “Because everyone knows what Vice is, even though not everyone knows what Metal Injection or w88 Star is.”
Now six months into his new position at IndieWire, Hersko publishes daily articles and in-depth pieces about the television industry. w88 said w88 was most proud of his stories about American entertainment companies working with China, the decrease of Emmy Award viewership and the ways top executives of streaming platforms and networks make their services stand out.
Another major part of Hersko’s w88 is attending industry-related events.
&w88;I may have to go to a press junket for a new television show that's coming up or something like the Television Critics Association in which I spent basically an entire month in a hotel, hearing about new television shows that would be hitting broadcast in the fall.”
Hersko noted the importance of that role to ensure w88 can report on the industry but said w88 favors writing the stories.
&w88;My favorite part of journalism has always been the actual writing. Just once I've actually done all my interviews and have all my research done, I like the actual writing process.”
