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Originally posted by AnchorAlumna
Advice from a 30-year vet: change your major to engineering, or computers, or business. Newspapers are dying every year and the rest are cutting staffs. Broadcast only takes the prettiest people. If you do go into broadcast, count on being "dead" career-wise after age 40. If you stay in journalism, do something else to earn money. You won't earn very much at all in JN. Sorry to seem so cynical, but that's the way it is.
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i object. There is a TON to do with a journalism major besides just writing for a newspaper. Production is also a big part to broadcast, papers, magazines, as well as advertising, PR, Telecommunications etc. My uncle is in his late 50's and is STILL in the field, and has no intention of leaving. I feel that if you really want to persue journalism, then stick through it. I'd rather struggle for a job i enjoy, then hate my life as an engineer. I don't mean to back lash your comment, but in a field that IS competitive, staying positive i believe should be key.
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...colleen*
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