Anonymous wrote:Btw. Journalism isn’t a profession. It’s a trade. You don’t need a degree in it, just training.

Better to major in subject matter and become an expert so you have something to write about.

— Journalist for 25 years.

Agree!

No one needs a degree in journalism. They should not exist. Better to major in the actual subject matter you want to write about, or in English.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a journalist who earned an interdisciplinary studies degree. That meant I took some foundational journalism classes, which I do think are important despite opinions to the contrary here. I also focused on environmental science and policy, since those were areas of interest.

I did start out in environmental journalism, but my career took a lot of twists, and I ended up covering a wide variety of subjects, such as international health, which were not Something I studied in college.

Miami U?

Wow, yes.

So, Western College Program? Me too.

OP here. Thank you to all for your responses. My daughter is looking into a school that has a lot of hands on technology broadcasting classes and offers tons of work experience. I agree with the posters suggesting data science, accounting and finance. I will try to convince her to look into those areas. I think geography / maps might work out. She is bilingual already, so she already has that advantage.

Geography/maps

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a journalist who earned an interdisciplinary studies degree. That meant I took some foundational journalism classes, which I do think are important despite opinions to the contrary here. I also focused on environmental science and policy, since those were areas of interest.

I did start out in environmental journalism, but my career took a lot of twists, and I ended up covering a wide variety of subjects, such as international health, which were not Something I studied in college.

Miami U?

Wow, yes.

Philosophy to build the strenght of creating a strong arguemetn and nwoing how to see all sides fo a positions, plus ethics.

Psychology because a career in journaislm will reguire tons of understanding people and their mental pathologies, plus you will get a lot of research and data science courses with that as well.

Most elite universities don’t have journalism majors for undergrads.
Most newspapers recruit from elite universities.

You can draw your conclusions from the above…

Anonymous[b wrote:]Btw. Journalism isn’t a profession. It’s a trade. You don’t need a degree in it, just training. [/b]

Better to major in subject matter and become an expert so you have something to write about.

— Journalist for 25 years.

This is true. DH was a journalist and said this often. You *can* go to a journalism school, like Columbia, but you don't need to to become a journalist. He didn't - standard SLAC degree in history.

Econ. Lots of different ways to spin out econ training into viable careers and people who can write cogently about numbers are in demand.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a journalist who earned an interdisciplinary studies degree. That meant I took some foundational journalism classes, which I do think are important despite opinions to the contrary here. I also focused on environmental science and policy, since those were areas of interest.

I did start out in environmental journalism, but my career took a lot of twists, and I ended up covering a wide variety of subjects, such as international health, which were not Something I studied in college.

Miami U?

Speak to the Placement Office at the university, to ask about the internships and later full-time jobs graduates were able to obtain with a journalism major. If any were able to be placed in good positions, ask if their minor was influential in getting them hired and, if so, what it was.

My guess is that few graduates in journalism obtained jobs in their field at all, that those who did are not making a living wage, and that the minor was influential only for those who obtained employment in a field related to that minor rather than to the journalism major.

PP above. Somehow this posted too soon before I could fix the last line.

I’m a journalist who earned an interdisciplinary studies degree. That meant I took some foundational journalism classes, which I do think are important despite opinions to the contrary here. I also focused on environmental science and policy, since those were areas of interest.

I did start out in environmental journalism, but my career took a lot of twists, and I ended up covering a wide variety of subjects, such as international health, which were not Something I studied in college.

i think history would be a great compliment.