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Don't know about professors, per se, but it was tough for me as a greek to break into the insular world that was the Pitt News Staff. When I started covering stories, I was the only greek on staff. By the time I graduated, it was maybe 20% greek.
It was difficult - I got saddled with the most benign, boring, tedious stories at first until I proved to the powers that be that I was a good reporter. I worked very hard to earn the respect of the editors and, to my surprise, I was asked to be copy editor my senior year.
And when one of my journalism professors heard that I was going into public relations upon graduation, he said "Why PR after you've become such a damn good newspaper woman?"
Journalists are generally pretty snarky toward the PR trade. I think they perceive it as glamorous and well-paid. No and noooooo.
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