Have a Career in Journalism
Becoming a journalist is not something that can be taught through wikiHow. What wikiHow can do is give suggestions on how to become a journalist. Below are some tips on how to become a journalist.
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Steps
- Love the craft of writing so you can write better, faster and better.
- Learn to spell and have good grammar skills to help with your writing.
- Try to practice writing at least once a day to improve on your skill.
- In high school try to take college prep courses to really help your career.
- Apply to a college or university and study journalism, communications or English.
- Try to work on the high school and college newspapers for practice of Journalism.
- Take part in newspaper internships. Most newspapers offer internships to journalism students. Take advantage of this opportunity to boost your skills.
- Work as a freelance reporter. Most newspapers are looking for freelance reporters to cover stories their full-time staff may not have time to cover.
Tips
- Never give up, and always work hard.
Warnings
- Jobs in journalism tend to be hard to get. Be prepared for a lot of rejection.
- Think about minoring in something that would help find work, if the reporting career takes a while to develop.
