Studying journalism is great, but journalism is a dying career, and a lot of journalism classes are obsolete, for the world that was.

Learn a marketable skill, and write or produce audio/video content on the side.

I work in Comms/PR and majored in a random non-STEM field. I think broadcast journalism teaches valuable skills for being on screen that I don’t have, I ended up in this because of my writing skills. If you have an area of expertise such as science, business, finance, politics, etc, you can write for trade publications or do comms/pr for a company.

One thing I do a lot of is project management. And something like psychology or sociology or history would also be useful since my job is so people-heavy. There is no way AI would replace me, I actually feel very safe in this regard. Too much networking and showing face in my position.

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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.

Yes. Small world.

Our backgrounds and career trajectories are eerily the same.

Do you know Chris Jennings if you cover/ed health care? I used to talk to Steve Ricchetti all the time… one of my best sources when I covered DC. Donna Shalala, too, although she was Western College for Women not WCP like Chris and Steve.

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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.

Yes. Small world.

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

You can draw your conclusions from the above…

Except for northwestern and Columbia

I have a journalism degree, and yes, I write in my job, but I should have gotten a business degree. Combining the tw would have been smart.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid wants to major in Journalism (I know, I know). They are interested in minoring in Political Science for now. Do you have any other suggestions for a minor? They are not “STEMy”. My kid is very outgoing, and interested in Broadcasting. They are already accepted into a university with a great Journalism program. What other paths do you recommend?

Don't. A.I. will replace most "journalists" very soon. Already happening.

No. Actual humans will be needed to distinguish fact from fiction. AI is a tool, but it can’t (and shouldn’t) replace human intelligence.

A Journalism major combined with film studies, broadcasting, sound engineering, etc. would be a good combination.

Anonymous wrote:My kid wants to major in Journalism (I know, I know). They are interested in minoring in Political Science for now. Do you have any other suggestions for a minor? They are not “STEMy”. My kid is very outgoing, and interested in Broadcasting. They are already accepted into a university with a great Journalism program. What other paths do you recommend?

Don't. A.I. will replace most "journalists" very soon. Already happening.

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

You can draw your conclusions from the above…

Re: recruiting, that has not been true in many decades.

(Also, newspapers? Haha. There are like 5 left.)