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Because
of the variety
of skills and number of
different journalist jobs, there’s
always work to be found. Even if
there isn’t, the skill sets you develop
will allow you to find work, even in
fields outside journalism. If you aren’t
needed to help with a breaking
celebrity news story, set yourself up
on a freelancing site to practise
your writingand build up
your portfolio.

Depending
on what sort of
journalism you choose,
you will be working in
environments that may be outside
your comfort zone. You will be
exposed to stories and experiences
you might not have had before
and must be willing to confront
to get the information needed
to complete an article or
news story.

The Work
Climate

Journalists
should be constantly
looking at the world with new
eyes, with the means to get to the
source of a news or event to seek
the truth. Too often, audiences receive
information that isn’t fact-checked and
it begins to skew their way of thinking
into something that isn’t true. A
journalist’s duty is to get the real
facts before presenting any
new information to the
public.

Why Choose Journalism?
Journalism is a career that has one
experiencing something new every day.
There’s always something new that appears
either on the political or pop-culture radar
that needs explaining and you will have the
advantage of being one of the first people
to know. You’ll be in an environment
where you have the choice of working for
yourself as a freelancer or photojournalist,
or working with a network of people as a
reporter or sports journalist. There are so
many options with aposition that allows you
a bit more freedom than manyother careers.

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Issue 6

What to Expect as a
Journalist
Journalism is not a boring
What needs to be a constant,
career; you don’t just type
whatever path you choose, is that what
out articles or look up facts
you are reporting and sharing with
for a story. It involvesconstant
the rest of the world is true. There is a
learning that will broaden
need in this age of technology where
your horizons on what you
we are getting rumours and skewed
are able to do and what you
media attention on a topic and calling
used to think. Depending on
it the truth, but sometimes it can be far
your career path, you could
from what’s really happening. Check
do many things with your
your facts and sources before reporting
degree in journalism. You
something breaking. Your conscience
write freelance for fashion
and your audience will thank you.
magazines, edit newspaper
articles before they go to
print, or take pictures at events.