Calling all journalists?

Question

For all those who are journalists right now- can you tell me how you feel about your work?
Do you feel mostly happy as a journalist?
When do you feel frustrated or what makes you angry about this job?
How is the flexibility of this job?
Does it give you a lot of free time at home?
Etc- anything that would help an aspiring journalist- t hanks!

Answer 1

I was a print journalist for a couple decades until I recently changed professions. I enjoyed many aspects of it and disliked others, but that's standard for any job.

Frustrations include having stories mangled or killed as a journalist, and as an editor, having journalists not meet deadline or turn in substandard stories.

If you get a full-time job as a journalist, then count on either working in the newsroom or on your beat anywhere from 6 to 12 or more hours a day.

Overall, it's a great career with lots of intangible rewards. Just don't count on getting rich. Also, be prepared to live in a lot of small towns and move around a lot to advance your career because if you wait at the same paper to be promoted, you'll be a senior citizen before you're an editor.

Also, be ready to be laid off or downsized at any moment since daily newspapers are bleeding readers at an alarming rate, and that lose of income usually results in cuts in the newsroom.

Answer 2

the editor has the final say
the restrictions of the demanded story
the insertion of crass prouct positioning
the favour of the high sociaty bias [the good life]
lack of real believable non hidden facts,
the confirmation to a common malaise born of appethy
the waiting for the important personasges
the red pen edit
the blue pen edit
but worse the purple paint audit