Becoming a journalist

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In today's world, one can only imagine how difficult it is to enter the thriving world of journalism. Journalism is probobaly the fastest growing industry in the world, and is up to date to the very minute.

Like myself, those of you who are reading this, may aspire to become journalists, authors or writers, and have searched the internet, endlessly trying to find a way to 'kick-start' your 'career'. My tips to you are:
1. Enter all the writing competitions you can, the more experiance you have, the more interest you recieve.
2. Conecentrate on your English, practice makes perfect! Many college's with writing courses at a Level 3 ask for a 'B' grade in English Language, if your not in your GCSE's, it's good to plan ahead.
3. Be observant, and always have your 'journalists head on', notice details, and remember facts.
4. Get interested in reading, writing and current affairs.
5. Enjoy what you write, and write to the world!

That is my tips, good luck, and happy writing!

R JOHNS
Last edited by Theyoungjournalist on Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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That's very helpful. May I ask, do you have any references to go to in order to learn about that career? Could you give me some? Very informative article, by the way, nicely done.
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I thank-you for your comment, if you would like to find out more information you can type in: Connections Career Advice and look in the job families, or you may want to search engine BBC Journalism courses, if you are from the UK, try looking on College websites that are local to you.

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