Journalism: The Perfect Career People have a difficult time when trying to decide on a career. There are many careers to choose from. As one can see, journalism is the perfect career for anyone with a love of writing. Journalists have a difficult job, but for others journalism could be considered easy. The career of a journalist is very difficult because of the education, training, and skills involved. Though the skill of writing has been around for thousands of centuries, a number of obstacles had to be overcome before the profession of writing evolved. Religious views prohibited the reproduction of literature. The Protestant Reformation helped encourage a wider range of publications. Modern publishing and the first newspapers, both appeared in the early eighteenth century (Morkes 875). In 2000, median annual earnings for salaried writers and authors was $42,270 a year. Part time journalists earned from $5000 to $15,000 a year, while full time journalists earned up to $75,000 a year. The lowest ten percent earned less than $20,290 a year and the highest ten percent earned $75,630 a year or more (Morkes 879). The entry level education for journalists is a bachelor’s degree, about 57,000 jobs are available in journalism, and the median pay per hour is $17.83. The job outlook in journalism is at a thirteen percent decline (BLS n.pg.). When starting out as a journalist, most …show more content…
Programs in journalism include journalistic ethics, techniques for researching, and conducting interviews. Employers will usually require someone that has gained experience through internships (BLS n.pg.). If a journalist specializes in a technical field, he or she may need a degree. It will help if a person has experience in a specific area or subject (Morkes 878). Even high school courses such as literature, foreign languages, computer science, and typing can be helpful (Morkes
It is a very intimidating but a very great job to do.” she said with excitement. “What are the specific requirement in order to become a sports journalist? ” asked the interviewer. “First, you need to love it in order to become a sports journalist and become very successful at it, because you do something you do not like to do, you will not do a very good job at it.
I am now pursuing bachelorʻs degree in Journalism at the University of Southern California. My first semester here at USC showed me the different possibilities that the journalism industry has to offer. As a journalism major at USC, I am required to work a four hour shift in our school’s media center every
Since the beginning of media, some journalists have had the opportunity to pioneer the news and do extraordinary things. Ed Bradley was one of those journalists. He was one of the first African American nationally known TV news broadcasters. During his long almost 40 year career, Bradley was a broadcast journalist for CBS, co-host of 60 minutes, and was the first African American to broadcast the White House. He has won countless awards for his time on television and journalism.
One such journalist is Jon Stewart who used to be the host of the Daily Show, a popular commentary/satire TV show. Adopting the gonzo style, Stewart has popularized non-traditional. Not only is he innovative and insanely intelligent at critiquing the so-called “real journalism” agencies, he and his colleagues are very good at “the discipline
"If you are interested in sports journalism jobs, pursue a Bachelor's degree with a major, minor or specialization in sports journalism and apply for an Internship in the sports department of one or more media," (Sports Journalism Careers). Not necessarily do you have to be a journalism major to pursue a career in this industry. The main goal is to get a Bachelor's degree from an institution of higher learning. My major is journalism and I am taking the television, radio route once I attend a higher university in order to receive my Bachelor's degree. In today's world, the employment of sports journalist is trending downwards and will continue that way with "traditional journalism" no longer existent. Having that degree from a four-year institution will significantly increase your odds of finding a job immediately after
Some universities that are highly ranked for newscasting are American University, Arizona State University, Boston University, etc (Dan Reimold). Majors that relate to newscasting are broadcast journalism, mass communications, public relations, and others related to those fields. To become a newscaster, there are some certain characteristics needed. There has to be a wide knowledge base, interviewing skills, and multitasking (Essential Skills). Newscasters need to have near perfect vocabulary
Journalism and the Code of Ethics Introduction: What is the 'Standard' of the 'Standard Thesis - Current code is irrelevant to journalists. Why do you need to be a member? Importance of ethics in mass media. How to use [IMAGE]? A qualitative look Areas of concern ---------------- 1.
Thirty years ago, if I told you that the primary means of communicating and disseminating information would be a series of interconnected computer networks you would of thought I was watching Star Trek or reading a science fiction novel. In 2010, the future of mass media is upon us today; the Internet. The Internet is and will only grow in the future as the primary means of delivering news, information and entertainment to the vast majority of Americans. Mass media as we know it today will take new shape and form in the next few years with the convergence and migration of three legacy mediums (Television, Radio, Newspaper) into one that is based on the Internet and will replace these mediums forever changing the face of journalism, media and politics. In this paper I will attempt to explain the transition of print media to one of the internet, how the shift to an internet based media environment will impact journalism and mass media, and how this migration will benefit society and forever change the dynamic of news and politics.
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers” (Boorstin). Every aspect of a career in public relations is exciting and self-rewarding. The hours, job description, and clients give public relations specialists an exciting and ever-changing career.
Because I am a journalism student, I have talked, researched and discussed with many of my fellow students and faculty members about the topics above. I am choosing to talk about this because I think it is important and they are pertinent issues in the journalism field. I am also very interested in this topic, so I thought it would be fun to take the opportunity you gave us to design our own multi-part question and write about something in journalism that is appealing to me.
In recent years, films have been increasingly notorious for distorting the image of professionals. It can agreed upon that popular culture has influenced the “public mistrust of the professions.” Professional journalists have been often portrayed as “hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, dim-witted social misfits concerned only with twisting the truth into scandal”. But because of journalism’s role in affirming the privately owned free press “ordained by the Founding Fathers as the engine of participatory self-government”, this idea has often times shielded journalism from criticism. It helps the audience overlook the flaws of an individual character. Cinematic instances include The Front Page and Five Star Final. Both plotlines include the death
Television and journalism have a relatively short history together, yet over the last sixty years, the two have become increasingly intertwined, perhaps even irreversible so. But this merger is between two opposing forces–one, a mass medium that inherently demands entertainment and the other, a profession most people hold responsible for information, for facts, which, for the most part, are inherently boring. So has television been beneficial for the American people? The people that our country’s founding fathers chose to hold responsible for electing those to be responsible for our country’s government? By exploring the history of television journalism, discovering how it came to be, and looking at current trends in the industry, I only hope to be able to give my own informed opinion.
Journalism as a reporter career requires classes that should be taken while she is in high school. The classes are: English, Journalism, History, Social Studies, Communication, Typing, and Computer Science. Since all these classes have been taken, it will be good also to take speech courses because it will help her to feel comfortable in interviewing skills, which are required to be a successful reporter. Later in college it would be good to take pre courses such as a foreign language, Math and Science (Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center).
In trying to attract new audiences, news media have begun to transition from reporting to becoming a form of entertainment. With the meteoric rise of social media’s role as a news source, the fight for an increase of diversity in the media, and the ever-growing desire of immediate content, the future of responsible journalism is more important than ever. Ask yourself, why do I think the way I do? Where do my political views originate? How do I prove them? Most likely, it is due to the biased portrayal of issues in the media and the politicization that accompanies what we consume. Now, compare your views to your preferred news reporting entity. More than likely, they are the same.
Centre for Mass Communications Research, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. Schramm, W. (1947). The Species of the World. Education in journalism: vocation, general or professional?