im really interested in journalism...?

Question

i want to be a journalist. i like telling ppl news. how do i become an awesome journalist?

Answer 1

Learn how to write. Practice writing blogs, journal entries, and read good literature. Learn to read news reports critically. See where bias creeps into news reports

Go to college. Journalism is something where going to college will help you become better.

Learn to become critical, and learn how to think critically about what is going on in the news. Learn to cross-reference (get information from more than one source and compare it). Learn how to fact-check. You'll also need to develop a sense of skepticism.

Answer 2

Learn a little about everything. Develop an instinct for what news is. Write whenever you can about everything you can. Try not to use "awesome," (the editors will shoot down an overused word). Learn how to talk to anybody and let them do the talking. Don't be afraid to go after a tough story and always be sure about your facts.

Forget about taking journalism in college. You'll learn more by getting an internship and working in a newsroom for one month. If you're going to college, choose a liberal arts degree instead and load up on electives. Like I said, learn a little of everything.

I agree with everything reevorb said. I think you'll first need to learn objectivity above everything else or else you'll turn into a talk show host. Real journalism is more than telling people what you believe in; it's about reporting the facts and letting people come to their own conclusions.

Answer 3

Journalism or commentary? Your info doesn't look like you want to be serious....

(Just trying to help here. You gotta cut out the God and Jesus stuff if you want to get a job in the industry. Not knockin' on ya, you just have to keep that out of your work.)

Try to intern with a local TV or radio station. A community station will train you for close to free, TBN will employ you for minimum wage but will give you experience.

Think about journalism; read about it. When you're out there, you really have to have an open mind. I've been out there lots and seen soooo much, even things blowing up. You just gotta know, when people start talking, the story you thought you would have goes away. You end up writing a story on the spot--and it'll be a good one. The best one. But the one you thought you were writing was BS. You gotta be able to walk away, know your preconceptions were BS and then write that good story. The real one. You have to be honest with yourself, your subject and your audience. Not only that, but you have to do that in the constraints of editing for broadcast. It's hard honey. It seems like you'll need a few years...take it as goodwill rather than harshing. Take a little school, read some current history books and hit the intern circuit. You'll be fine.

Answer 4

you need to have special writing skills and exposure. but if your heart is really in it, i'm sure you'd become a successful journalist, not only an awesome journalist! i'm a journalism graduate. :-) good luck to you.

Answer 5

Take up a course in mass communication and journalism and then join a good news agency/news paper/media news and here you are.

Answer 6

well, if you are in collage or highschool try to get into the local newspaper and start wrighting articles there, thats the best way to lear the basics. then you should get a university education in jurnalism, some helpful sites (that is if you live in the USA:))

www.courseadvisor.com
www.breyerstate.com (online course)
www.worldwidelearn.com (online course)
and lots lots more....

good luck!

Answer 7

Awesome, well that would be refreshing. Try telling the truth not an agenda and go from there. You will be a lone wolf.

Answer 8

The best thing is to contact the following Internet websites: www.tenc.net/ and www.iacenter.org/