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CAREER DISCOVERY WEEK
Long Island City film and TV studio invites local
10th-graders into its facilities as part of inaugural event
BY BENJAMIN MANDILE
Many have been to job fairs at high
schools, but groups of teens this year
attended the job fair of their life when
they had the opportunity to visit various
businesses around New York City in the first-ever
Career Discovery Week.
As part of a newly formed partnership between
the New York City Department of Education and
the Partnership for New York City, thousands of
local 10th-graders visited one of 180 companies
from Feb. 10 to 14 that joined forces to offer kids
a first-hand look into the work that they do.
Silvercup Studios, the largest full-production
television studio in the northeast region of the
United States, opened its doors in Long Island City
as part of this new partnership to let the students
peek behind the green screen.
A group toured the set of the upcoming show
Prodigal Son and talked with the director, producers
and designers of the new crime drama to learn about
how their experiences in the industry led them up
to working on the show.
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“Being an executive producer is like being a
conductor in the orchestra,” said Adam Kane, the
show’s executive producer. “Early in my career I was
shooting news broadcasts, weddings, bar mitzvahs
and even depositions to get the experience I needed
before moving over to television.”
Other companies that are part of the collaboration
include Fortune 500 names including JetBlue,
JP Morgan Chase and AT&T, among others that
gave local teens the chance to put a face to
these companies and learn about the varied job
opportunities available.
Courtesy of Silvercup Studios
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