Even Law Students Get Their 15 min.

Laura Bergus describes her experience with how U.S. News used a photo of her in an article discussing the challenges that recent law graduates are facing due to the recession.

As expected, social media was key,

This is a social media success story. (Thanks to my Twitter friend Omar Ha-Redeye for pointing that out, clichéd as it may be.) If nothing else, it’s evidence of the point that most journalists start with Google, and if you’ve made any kind of SEOed name for yourself in a particular field, they can, and will, find you online.

Want to get interviewed by journalists, or increase your public profile for potential employers?  A social media presence is teh best place to start.