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Future Career Project. Mustafa S. College & Career Readiness Hawkins. Career Choice: Journalist. Local papers Online Sports focused Current events and advocacy. Salary. ~ $38k to 42k/annual = ~ $8k to $12k/month. Monthly Payments:.
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Future Career Project Mustafa S. College & Career Readiness Hawkins
Career Choice:Journalist • Local papers • Online • Sports focused • Current events and advocacy
Salary ~ $38k to 42k/annual = ~ $8k to $12k/month
Monthly Payments: • Car payments (Gas, Insurance, minimum maintenance): $200 • Housing: $860 • Phone, Internet, TV: $150 • Groceries: $200
Internships • Information workers on the decline, while there is an increase of jobs • Local internships @ Argus, 605 mag, etc • Online position opportunities as listed on http://jobs.problogger.net/ (Data from opportunitysf.com. Last collected in 2007)
Sources • Hamilton, Nolan. "Average Starting Journalist Pay: $30K If You’re Lucky." Gawker. Gawker, 10 Aug. 2011. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. • "Try It, Refine It, or Throw It Away." Online Journalism Blog. Online Journalism Blog, 7 Feb. 2009. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. • John. "Ten Ways Journalism Has Changed in the Last Ten Years (Blogger’s Cut)."Online Journalism Blog. Online Journalism Blog, 6 Mar. 2008. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. • Scott, Laura. "Journalist Pay Scale." Work. Chron, n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.