Monday 13 April 2015

Things To Recognize First Just Before Becoming A Journalist

By George Dodson


If you're looking for ways on how to know if you're fit for a journalism career then this article would be very helpful for you. If you are simply looking for fame or money from being a journalist then you should probably think again.

Being a journalist would be a good career for you if you know of the truths about this career and have learned to accept these truths. As soon as you know these truths, it will then be easy for you if you will still push through to becoming a journalist or taking its path.

Among those common truths about journalism that you need to accept prior to taking it would be the following: You don't get paid much out of being a journalist Yes money isn't in this kind of career. Among those that are hard to accept in this kind of career is that it can pay at a lower rate compared to other jobs despite your passion for writing or reporting. Journalism is more about writing articles which takes a few minutes to finish and hard to create which pays very little. Of course if you?re writing a book or a novel and become really good at it, then being a writer would be a great career for you. Unfortunately, excellent as well as genius articles are not credited in journalism. Therefore, if you want to make a good amount of money out of a career then this would not be your best choice.

No promotional offers If you love promotions as well as getting credits out of your efforts then you'll be surprised to know that the journalism career doesn't have much of these. Promotions involve certain levels or positions at work which is given to those individuals that performs better than the expected performance outlined in their job description. Being a journalist however confines you to specific skill requirements that would be required from you over and over again regardless if you have been very good at it. However, there is hope for promotion in the form of being transferred or hired by another company, network, firm or group.

Life threatening career Just like what you see in TV or hear on news, the life of a journalist can be dangerous. This is the only means on how journalists can convey the situation to readers, listeners and viewers by being onsite despite the dangers. If the project requires the journalist to be near an erupting volcano then he or she needs to do so to be able to get or deliver as much information as possible. So, if you freak out a lot or are afraid of heights, spiders, dark places and those sorts then maybe you should try other careers.

You will often be criticized Among those that will criticize you the most will be of course critics, fellow-journalists and even your own company or team. Criticisms happen when you lack information in your article or if you have failed to gather enough in your report. There are those journalists that start to quit or result to negative actions when they can't deal with these criticisms thus it should be something that you can take if you want to become a journalist. Therefore if you think you can't take criticisms thrown to your face then you should just take a different career path.




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