My Homework Assignment 4/7/2009

In order to get jobs in today’s journalism business, one must economize and make themselves marketable. In other words, you CANNOT be lazy! Because of the constant change in the journalism industry, employers are looking for people that can do more than just be a good writer, or reporter. One must be able to shoot video, take pictures, read on camera, write a good story for the website, and blog. All at the same time while saving a baby from a burning building! So one must become a One-Man-Band, or a Journalistic Swiss Army Knife. But just being able to do all of that is not enough. One needs to actually put that into use, and not only that, but one should have done it for a while before getting the job. Even if you haven’t graduated school yet, you should have kept up a blog of some sort before going for the job. Everyone, these days, has a blog, has blogged, or is a permanent “comment” fixture on a blog. Whether they are a journalist or not. This gives the employer a look at what you can do and what you can bring to the business. But say one wants to enter the journalism industry but doesn’t want to be a writer or reporter, but instead a videographer. Well even photographers have to know how to write and report. Or know how to be a journalist without words. In that case, one should walk around with a camera permanently attached to their hands, and make segments or journalistic videos of their daily lives or the things that go on around them. Then post them on YouTube! So no matter what you do as a journalist, you need to have many skills and much experience before getting your dream job. So basically, the ever changing industry needs a League of Super Journalists: Delivering the news, several venues at a time!