Hi, I’m Eric Garment, and I’m currently a sophomore broadcast journalism major at the University of Maryland-College Park. I hope to one day enter the field of sports journalism, either as a broadcaster or a writer. However, modern journalism poses problems to people such as myself.
One of those problems is money. As print journalism is seemingly going by the wayside and online journalism continues to see new entrants in the form of people who just wish to have their opinion heard regardless of compensation, it seems to be increasingly harder to get a job as a journalist. It almost seems as if getting a journalism job has become like bidding for a construction contract: the lowest price will win.
Additionally, the existence of marquee jobs in sports journalism has limited the pool of positions that people desire. The top job seems to be at ESPN, and some students fresh out of college may be unwilling to take a job at a local sports desk.
One other problem in modern journalism is that if someone can’t do all aspects of a job, they’re potentially less appealing to an employer.
All of these things are problems that myself and people like me will face in all kinds of journalism, not just sports, as the field continues to change.
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