How Can I Become A Journalist?

Question

apart from university..is there any other way you can score a career like that?

Answer 1

If you can't afford your education try to get educated on the field you are interested on by doing researches and offering to work for free as training in the newspapers. After you have learned something, try to develop your own work. People will appreciate your effort and maybe support your sacrifice by giving you a good opportunity or funding your education.

Answer 2

Fifty years ago, most journalist didn't have a college degree. That all changed after Watergate and President Nixon. That's when educated people began to enter the journalism field. As far as becoming a journalist without a college education, that's tough to do. Reason, it's a very competitive field with only a limited amount of job openings. You could write for your local weekly newspaper. You need, however, to be a good writer. To land a very good job in journalism, a job that pays over $50,000 a year, you need either strong connections, like a close relative in the business, or you need tremendous amount of talent for writing and reporting. Specially, writing.

Answer 3

A degree certainly helps and most people applying for the jobs will have at least an undergrad, many will have master's degrees. If you can't go to university or you want some bonus points on your resume you'll have to volunteer or get an internship. Contact all your local media outlets and see how you can help. Even if you're not writing at first, you'll get to know the right people and when something comes up, ask that they consider you.

Answer 4

no ...most journalists who are succesfull in their careers have journalism degrees.