- "There is no zenith" - as you reach your goals, keep setting newer and higher ones.
- "Change as you go" - be willing to adapt to take advantage of opportunities.
- "Have your bags packed" - take measured risks, and be ready to move (there's generally more and better opportunities available elsewhere)
- "Be the Jack Kerouac of the digital age" - "forget the path you have been sold and make your own"
- "Everyone has their own parents' basement to move out of" - get out of whatever rut you're in.
- "I must always demand what I want in order to get where I want" - (from a young Muslim woman in the Middle East) - don't wait for opportunities to present themselves; make your own opportunities and learn how to sell your ideas.
This blog is affiliated with a course at the School of Journalism & Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I'll try to use it to share relevant news and information with the class, and anyone else who's interested.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Advice from young journalists
I've been a fan of Susannah Breslin's Pink Slipped blog on ForbesWomen, which often features stories and advice on how to survive in the modern journalism job market. About a year ago, she offered young female journalists an opportunity to be paid for contributing a blog post/article. Last week, she reached out to the six finalists to find out what they've learned in the year since, and what advice they might have for other young would-be journalists beginning their careers. Here's the quips Breslin pulled out, but the whole set of replies and post are worth a read.
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