how do you get into photojournalism?

Question

Well the job hunt has stated, I gradated with a degree in History, minor in Chinese language and psychology. Truthfully I’m a bit lost as to what should I do for a job. I’m really interested in traveling around the world and being able to speak a language or 2 more ( I can speak Chinese)

I was thinking about trying Photojournalism. Is it possible for me to do something like this with my degree? I am currently doing a internship at a trade company, but my major has nothing to do with it, and if I want I can stay here after the internships (assuming *** goes well)

Plus I live in china, so I guess to could get another degree or masters for pretty cheap.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Photojournalists usually work under three headings.

1. Independent
2. Contract.
3. Employee.

As an independent you can work on stories as you like and try to find a market for them. This can be trying to find a publisher who is interested in buying your work after it is finished.

As a contractor, you can find publishers who ask you work on a particular story.

As an employee, your employer will assign you to stories.

China is a pretty hot market for stories. Find a theme that interests you, take a million pictures, edit them down to a reasonable amount [depending on the market you want to enter], put it in some kind of order, find a publisher.