Horace Greeley is widely credited with having said \u201cgo west young man, go west\u201d\u2026little did he know that his popular expansionist term would apply to journalism students trying to find their first job\u2026.and maybe we\u2019d have too add, \u201cinclude the numbers 100 through 286 as well”\u2026.Because in all practicality, that\u2019s where the soon to be grads are going to wind up\u2026<\/p>\n
Markets like El Paso, Texas, Charleston, South Carolina and ft. Smith Arkansas just crack the top one hundred so be prepared for some small time living and some big time hard work\u2026Taking part is a sports journalism seminar recently, Bill Higgins, Sports Editor of the Cape Cod Times said that \u201cthe only thing we can predict is unpredictability\u2026 They\u2019ll be writing, editing, a lot of night work\u2026You\u2019d be surprised how many people come in and don\u2019t realize they\u2019ll be working until 12, 12:30 in the morning\u2026Sports is a weekend animal\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
And if the pay doesn\u2019t scare you away it might be the age old argument,\u201d should I take any job just to get my foot in the door\u201d?…If you want to be on air, says John Verilli , News Director at Boston\u2019s WBZ-TV, absolutely not\u2026\u201dIf you want to be a sports reporter on air, on TV, I usually recommend them not become desk assistants or producers\u2026They are very different tasks, you get pigeonholed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The road to working in sports journalism hasn\u2019t changed much over the years\u2026It may be easier than ever to find the jobs now but certainly just as hard to secure them\u2026there are more people for fewer jobs and in the end, that may just make the product you see on air better than ever\u2026<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an adventure\u2026every journalist started the same way\u2026you\u2019ll have a great story someday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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