Assignment #1 Self-Report
Hello, my name is Luke Jackson and I am a sophomore at the University of Maryland. I am broadcast journalism major here at College Park.
Probably the biggest challenge about being an up-and-coming journalist these days is that there is no blueprint for becoming a paid journalist after college. The field is changing rapidly. No longer can one go to a highly esteemed journalism school and expect a job right out of college.
With the newspaper industry facing more and more challenges by the day, it is becoming increasingly important for current and aspiring journalists to know how to perform multiple tasks at once. No longer can journalists just be writers. Journalists have to be writers, photographers, videographers, and be familiar with audio equipment in order to be proficient at the job. Journalists also have to be able to use social media to their advantage.
Employers tend to be looking for journalists who do a little bit of everything, and are not proficient at just one particular skill. Just because one can’t only be a writer anymore doesn’t mean the profession is dead. It means the profession is changing. And if journalists don’t change as well, they’ll be left behind.
Personally, I’ve written for a number of websites. But it’s time for me to get some internships and become a complete journalist.
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