The hours can be unsociable, you have to be geographically flexible and journalists have to work under pressure to tight deadlines. There is no one fixed path to making it in the media. Journalists have diverse backgrounds and you can enter the industry at any age in a variety of different ways. Here are some ideas to get you started. Student media is the closest experience you can get to working in the media without actually working in the media.
Why will this increase my chances of making it as a journalist?! Just think about the way that you consume news — more and more traffic comes through smartphones devices, often directly from social media. There are lots of ways you can get social media management experience. Charities are always looking for volunteers to manage their pages and university societies equally often have social media pages you can run. Equally, use your own social media page to build social media skills — this is also useful as it can help get you noticed by potential employers.
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If you successfully build a following for your blog, it can lead to significantly more professional opportunities, and it could even give you the chance to monetize the blog directly. Even if your blog does not draw in a large audience, you are still improving your skills and job prospects. By regularly creating content, you are both preparing yourself for the work you will be doing in your career and also giving yourself many opportunities to create work that you would be happy to include in your portfolio.
Read more: How To Start a Blog. Although many aspiring writers believe that a personal blog and a portfolio are synonymous, you should actually create a separate portfolio in order to highlight your best work.
When applying for a job where you can submit an online link, you don't want to leave it up to chance that the hiring manager reads the best articles on your blog, so it is best to pick and choose your best work to create a professional and polished portfolio. For printed submissions, a portfolio also makes it easier to find the work you want to share.
Your portfolio should be highly curated, with a selection of only the work you are most proud of. If you have covered a range of subjects that are different in style or tone, create separate sections in your portfolio for the different types of writing you have done. This can help prospective employers efficiently find the example work that is most relevant to their media operation. When applying for journalism jobs or other writing jobs where your journalism skills can be applied, it is likely that the employer will request sample work in addition to your resume.
Include the link to your portfolio in the contact section of your resume so it is easily accessible to employers. A well-constructed portfolio is the best way to make a positive impression and show your talent as a journalist. As an upperclassman, you will have the opportunity to pursue internships with media organizations. This is the best way to build experience and network within the industry.
While personal blogs and work for school institutions provide useful experience and clippings, work performed in a professional setting is more noteworthy to media organizations when applying for entry-level positions.
When a prospective employer sees internship experience on your resume, they know that you not only have learned the basic journalism skills, but also that you have experience applying them in a professional newsroom with hard deadlines.
You should always try to feature work from an internship that received praise from your bosses in a prominent position on your online portfolio. When applying for a journalism job, a resume is less important than it is in many other fields, as your writing samples offer more substantial evidence of your skills. However, it is still important that you create a professional resume. For your experience section, include work accomplished for your school's journalism institutions in addition to any internship and professional experience you have acquired.
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