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[quote=Anonymous]I have a friend with a master's degree in journalism who has been searching for a job as a reporter for three years! She has worked part time for several trade journals, and she freelances for a blog, but she cannot land a job.

Journalism is a dying field, OP. Finding a job as a reporter for CNN or NPR or CBS or even a local newspaper is unlikely. There are very few of those jobs, and loads of journalists with fabulous experience who have been laid off by major news organizations during the past decade.

If your DW does not have full time experience at a major news organization, it's unlikely she will get a job at any of them.

There are plenty of writer/editor jobs at non-profits. Everyone has a blog and web presence, so she should focus her skills in that direction. These are not traditional journalism jobs, but they do use many of the same skills.

Trade journals abound, but these are more like p.r., not traditional journalism. It's tough to be underemployed, and very demoralizing not to be able to find a job in a field that appeals to you. But your DW has to be realistic. Journalism is disappearing, reshaping itself into new forms. She has to reshape herself, and then she may land a job. [/quote]

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