Post by drbinoche on Mar 2, 2006 14:26:32 GMT -5
If you dont watch any news then how do you expect to be in anyway decent as a Journalist. It is practically inpossible to become a decent and responsible journalist unless you are willing to do the dirty work for a long time and that means you will have to have a grounding in at least the basics of government and current legal and socio-political understandings. Any journalism that does not present a straight-forward unbiased view is not really journalism but editorialising. Or advertising. You should ALWAYS provide both sides of the argument or else you are just saying what one side wants to hear, you may as well go work for that side rather than be a journalist.
As for whether you are Academic or not. It'll all play against you in the long run. Some people can look at me and point out I spent a long time in college and I worked very hard in the latter part, but thats because the field I want to get into, much like journalism, is incredibly difficult to get into. If any aul mook could do it, they would! Your fellow students who are looking into every aspect of the course will probably get to do the stuff you want to cover as they will be more flexible and organised.
Not preaching to you, Im just pointing out the flaws in some strategies you might have.
Oh and if you are thinking of doing Gonzo Journalism or something akin to HST, realise that that genre of lifestyle and also that genre of society has long since passed and will unlikely suffer a resurgence!
As for whether you are Academic or not. It'll all play against you in the long run. Some people can look at me and point out I spent a long time in college and I worked very hard in the latter part, but thats because the field I want to get into, much like journalism, is incredibly difficult to get into. If any aul mook could do it, they would! Your fellow students who are looking into every aspect of the course will probably get to do the stuff you want to cover as they will be more flexible and organised.
Not preaching to you, Im just pointing out the flaws in some strategies you might have.
Oh and if you are thinking of doing Gonzo Journalism or something akin to HST, realise that that genre of lifestyle and also that genre of society has long since passed and will unlikely suffer a resurgence!
