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Careers in Journalism

Careers in Journalism. References from: Jan Goldberg’s Careers in Journalism Published in 2005 Ebook on www.netlibrary.com . Newspaper Careers. Journalists/Reporters are the core! New Journalists will do a variety of tasks: Clip articles Copy Clerks for est. Reporters

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Careers in Journalism

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  1. Careers in Journalism References from: Jan Goldberg’s Careers in Journalism Published in 2005 Ebook on www.netlibrary.com

  2. Newspaper Careers • Journalists/Reporters are the core! • New Journalists will do a variety of tasks: • Clip articles • Copy Clerks for est. Reporters • Answer phones, rewrite press releases, write obituaries and other short items. • Salary Median $30,000 • Some as low as $17,000, but many with a degree in Journalism or communications earn more. • Hours • Hours of work vary widely with deadlines and when news is happening!

  3. Types of Newspaper Journalists • Investigative: Must have the spirit to look into subjects and ask lots of questions • Columnists: Express their own opinions and beliefs; often are very passionate about a subject ex. Ann Landers • Editorialists: Opinions but of the entire newspaper leadership. Deal with social issues. • Photojournalists: Able to capture and add text to the story and the human element of the event that is occurring.

  4. Photojournalism • One of the fastest growing careers! • Why do you think this is something that is very popular and almost critical to the newspaper and Magazine world? • Photojournalist must be able to capture, with accuracy, the event that is occurring • They must put it to text and it must have a story to tell. • Pictures must tell us as much as text. • Check out: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays • These are photo essays created by photojournalists for Time • Why does Time choose to feature photojournalism in a magazine special every year?

  5. Newspapers have lots of Jobs! • Editorial Cartoonists • Put in a full weeks worth of work creating their cartoons. • Must be on point with the latest events. • Editors • Has many jobs but is in charge of the newsgathering for the entire paper and editing pieces added in. • Copyeditors • Assistants to the editors! • Read copy for grammar errors, and check facts for accurateness. • Proofreaders • Compare print set to manuscripts for accuracy. • Set up the newspaper for pictures in the right spot etc.

  6. Magazines • Similar in structure to the Newspaper • Photojournalists are extremely important to this organization/business • Editors have 3 main functions • Creating article themes and ideas • Deciding what stories they will tell • Making sure text is properly edited and pictures are conceived. • The Use of INTERNS! • Increasingly popular and serve in variety of facets some are paid and some not. • Salary: • Average entrance editors $27,000

  7. Other Journalism Careers • Freelance Writers • Self Employed and take jobs from employers as they choose. • Set their own hours and work from home most often. • Specialize if they want or write about multiple things. • Playwrights • Create plays for the stage. • Screenwriters • Scripts for the film industry • Poetry • Some actually make a living doing this. • Poetry Slams are very popular

  8. Other Journalism Ideas • Humorists • Write funny clever lines for stories or columns etc. • Good sense of timing! • Songwriters, composers, lyricists, and librettists. • Book Reviewers/Theater/Film Critics • Literary Agents • Represent clients who want to sell to publishers.

  9. Why do Journalism? • “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen?” Martin Luther • “A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper, the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electronically prompt.” Mark Twain • There are many fields of Journalism we have only looked at a few! • What might we also do in Journalism? • What about media/communications/radio/tv?

  10. Blogging Assignments • On your blogs react to one of the photoessays provided by Time Magazine. • What do you think? What impressions are the authors making? What is the story and how do they manage to tie it together? • On your blogs, what career in journalism might you be interested in? Why? • If you need additional information seek the ebook that I used here as it has information extensively on salary, hours, commitment and education.

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