Public historians may work for consulting firms or as self-employed individuals, providing services and content to media presenters. Public historians may work as self-employed directors and authors, pitching projects to large media corporations that will then produce the project. Public historians can be employed by media firms as in-house historians and producers. It is this final category that I will explore in more depth. Dominated by television broadcasting, old media can also encompass radio, film, and various print mediums.
New media can encompass Web-casting and other delivery methods of digital, electronic information.
Most large companies maintain separate divisions of people involved in old media and new media. Depending on the individual company, these divisions may work together to produce joint projects that mirror one another, projects that complement one another, or, projects which are distinct from one another.