I have a degree in journalism and am completing a degree in digital media--Where am I going to find a job?

Question

I have no experience in either of these fields, have not done an internship and need to get to work. I have photoshop, illustrator and flash skills

Answer 1

You're screwed unless you can land an internship or get some sort of experience. You should have worked at your college newspaper or something. I recommend shooting for an internship at your local newspaper, or at a newspaper in a larger city.

Answer 2

I'm a business consultant and occasionally subcontract out digital artwork. The fellow that I subcontract to has a portfolio that includes not only all of Macromedia and Adobe's software but also autocad, pro-engineer and some other 3-D modeling software. He can do print ads, web-to-tv conversion, and back-end programming, photography and a few other things. Personally, I would not consider hiring someone for a project who has no experience because of the risk involved in not getting the work done on time.

My best advice would be to try to get in with a larger company that has the resources to train you. If you would like to get into the digital media field, build a portfolio and get some real world experience. The competition in this field is stiff. You could get certified as a webmaster, for ex. or perhaps do some free-lance writing for a local paper. A relative of mine also has a degree in journalism and he works full time as a realtor and does some free-lance writing for a local paper. If all fails, go to grad school and do an internship somewhere in the interim.

Answer 3

i have a degree in journalism. i work at a mortgage company as a loan officer. give up. journalism degrees are poison. although if you have some works published then try your local paper first and then try some of the larger ones. start local, at least there you can get some experience. oh, by the way, pay sucks for journalism folk unless you hit it big. keep that in mind.