Catch 22
Charlotte:
January 19th, 2007
How on earth does anyone manage to get into journalism nowadays? A first degree is no longer adequate and so you have to do either a Masters or another postgraduate qualification. Leaving aside the cost which can be up to £6000, the best of the courses insist that you have had at least 4 weeks work experience on regional newspapers before being accepted. All the newspapers that I have approached will only give work experience to those already on these postgrad courses. I have spoken to various journalists on national newspapers through contacts at Uni and they have all said that the way they got their work experience was through family and friends. Too bad then if like mine, your family and friends all chose the wrong career and there’s not a journalist amongst them!