How Do You Have A Career In Journalism?
• Love the craft of writing. • Learn to spell and have good grammatical skills. • Practice writing daily. • In high school take college prep courses. • Apply to a college or university and study journalism, communications or English. • Work on the high school and college newspapers. • Take part in newspaper internships. Most newspapers offer internships to journalism students. Take advantage of this opportunity. 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.
