Friday, December 14, 2012

5 Reasons Why Journalism Is A Great Career


Journalism is all about exploring and reporting the events. However journalism is a very vast and enormous field and it includes many different aspects and professions. Whatever the field and mode is, journalism in a nutshell is a trend to present the report to the audience in a timely fashion.

Journalism covers both federal and non federal organizations. As the media is expanding so is expanding the demand and importance of the journalists. Journalism in print media is totally different with that in journalism in multimedia but they all work for the audiences.

The journalism is broadly divided into three categories documentary, photojournalism, and editing. Being a journalist is a highly responsible job and also very challenging and demanding. Not everyone can be a journalist. If you want to choose journalism as your career, you need to presentable firstly. No matter which field of journalism you are related to, confidence and presenting ability are the two main requisites to be a successful journalist. You must be confident enough to present the accurate and precise information to the viewers or the readers.

In this editorial we will discuss about a few important reasons that why one should select journalism as a career. Keep on reading to know more about it :

1. The first and foremost thing that attracts people toward journalism is its exposure. A successful journalist gets a chance to talk and walk with the most famous personalities of the world which a common mane can never meet. No matter it is US President Barack Obama, singer Lady Gaga, Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh or anybody else. If you are a successful journalist you may get the chance to meet these renowned personalities. However not every journalist get these opportunity, but if you are good at your work you may definitely get chance to reach the zenith of journalism.

2. Second and very interesting thing about Journalism is that you tend to learn a lot of things when you are on field. When you meet great people or go to distant place to cover the stories you learn while earning. As you meet people from different fields like politics, media, health, finance you get knowledge about all of them and their respective fields.

3. Creating revolution- If you are good at writing, you can create a revolution in the society. A pen can work stronger than a sword. A good and dedicated journalist can bring the difference in ruling customs and unfair lawsuits and also help people to lead their lives in a respectful manner.

5. As you move one with your work in journalism, you get more and more experience. You can move ahead with your experience and grab the promotions soon. If you are working for a small magazine you can move ahead to the leading newspapers of the nation and also to the TV media.

6. Journalism is the only profession where you get the chance to travel all over the country and even abroad on the company expenses. If you are good at your work the company may hire you for the overseas projects and you can get the chance to go abroad on company expenses with all the perks and luxuries.

You can choose the freelance journalism or on salary journalism according to your needs and expectations. Whether you are a press journalist or a television journalist, all you need is dedication and hard work to move ahead. While this is not a complete list of benefits of journalism, I have tried to include the best ones I know.

I was actually talking to a guy called Bret on tollfree number one day when he told me that his dream career is journalism. That’s where, idea of making this post came into my mind that will help young generation know more about journalism as a career.

Read at : http://www.unmsp.org/5-reasons-why-journalism-is-a-great-career.html