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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
As far as majoring in Journalism, as a person who did just that, I will both agree and disagree. I think learning the journalistic style of writing is helpful in a lot of careers because it teaches you how to write in a clear and succinct way, which is extremely helpful in all career fields. It's also a common undergrad for people going on to Law school (at Iowa, anyway). But you would get a lot more help in becoming a professional news writer by working for the Daily Iowan.
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This. If your daughter is interested in becoming a journalist, I recommend a major in communications - it doesn't have to be journalism specifically, but a journalistic style of writing is completely different than the literary style of English majors. Even if she changes her field post-graduation, she still will have picked up a writing style common in the business, law, political and journalism worlds. Many professions use more of a journalistic/Associated Press style of writing. I work in PR, and I constantly have to re-write press releases, Op Eds, bios and articles written by English majors. Most of the English majors I knew in college wanted to be teachers.