What can a degree in journalism get someone

[GoldenBear]

That's the question.

 

[Soybomb]

Well quite a few different jobs, don't count on huge pay though Are you wanting to write? If not you might want to consider broadcast journalism (radio, tv).

 

[Unsickle]

Would you like fries with that?

 

[sandorski]

Labeled as a Liberal.

 

[Missus]

A job at the newspaper??

Teaching???

Kinda like welding... Either you do, teacher, or do something against your training...

 

[montanafan]

My brother got his degree in journalism 20 years ago and for much of that 20 years I think that if he could go back and choose something different, he would have. He loved it at first, excitement, right in the middle of things, and he didn't need much money. Then he got married and had a child and the low pay really was a problem. He never had a problem getting a job anywhere in the country where he wanted one though.

He became an editor and moved all over doing a little better in pay every time. Then with all the cuts and layoffs that he had to be the axeman for in the early and mid-90s, he couldn't take it anymore and got out. He became the public relations director for a large university, but didn't like the people he worked for and got back into the newspaper business. He got a positon in Florida about 2 years ago and everything has been very sweet for him since then. *Knocking on wood* He loves the place and how they appreciate him and pay him and promote him and etc.

Guess it's just like anything else. It's who you work for and with and how much you like what you're doing.

 

[hopefloats]

Quite a few journalists have made a switch over to the public relations field. There is a lot of research and writing involved in PR.

 

[PretendHer]

PR is right and a helluva a great field.

I used to work in that field and it is very exciting. Also media relations.

Go for it. We need good writers on every level. Something I wished I had pursued further.

Another to consider is even the Law field. Lawyers have to be great writers and masters at language. Think about it.

Good luck.

 

[kranky]

My degree is in Journalism/PR, but that's not what I do for a living.

The different career paths vary widely in pay. Newspapers/radio/TV=low pay. Starting pay is very low. Advertising/PR pays somewhat better.

It's a career you have to love, I think. I believe most media has a liberal bias (which they don't even recognize). They want to "help" you understand the implications of the actual news events, and that's where they go astray.

I agree with PretendHer that the PR field can be exciting, but you better believe in the product/service/company you are working for. If you don't, it can be very unsatisfying when your job requires you to do things you are personally opposed to. An extreme example to illustrate the point would be having to represent Packard Bell as the best computer you could buy, when you know that just wouldn't be the case. That doesn't happen all the time, of course.

But the degree absolutely helped me in my non-Journalism job, though. On my performance reviews at work, it's frequently noted how well I can communicate with people at any level in the company from top to bottom. Good communications skills are very important if you have to work with other people regularly or in teams.

 

[GoldenBear]

Ooh, so how much could a PR person get? It seems truly interesting.

And where would be good locations to live for such a thing?