What are the positive and negatives on being a journalist?

Answer 1

It obviously depends on the job within the business. Speaking generally...

Positives -- no day is ever exactly the same. You get to write for a living (you might be writing with pictures for TV, of course). You sometimes deal with important people or events. You learn about events before almost anyone else in the public.

Negatives -- it's a popular profession, but it's not something you can do directly. In other words, you can't own your own printing press or television station and get your stories out, so you have to go through someone who has that. That means that demand of applicants is larger than the supply. That means, economics students, that the pay is probably below what it should be for people of that level of talent. The hours can be terrible, and that can take a toll on your personal life and your family.

Answer 2

It depends on the country. In Russia, for example, or in Columbia, there are no positive things about being a journalist. There, you get killed for reporting the truth.