Journalism About

The key objective of a journalist is to gather information, write news pieces, and present the news in an honest and balanced manner. In addition to investigating and reporting on current events, they also work on articles and features that update and influence public opinion.

The top candidate for this job should possess talent and enthusiasm for digging out the real story and uncovering the truth. To excel in this role, you should be friendly, self-motivated, and have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Journalism
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Career Roles & Responsibilities
  • Assessing leads and pitching captivating story ideas to editors.
  • Ensuring that you meet all regular and recurring deadlines.
  • Reviewing and editing work for editorial approval.
  • Using all your findings to prepare clean, concise, and factual articles.
  • Adhering to the ethical code of the profession.
  • Keeping records of all notes, interviews, and audio files.
  • Creating trustworthy relationships with contacts and sources for use in future research.
  • Keeping up-to-date on the latest news developments by attending events, studying different papers, opinion pieces, and social media.
  • Collecting, verifying, and deciphering data.
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Career Education Path Summary
Courses Duration
BA in Journalism 3 years
BA in Journalism and Mass Communication 3 years
Bachelor of Journalism 3 years
Bachelor of Mass Media and Journalism 3 years
Bachelor of Communication and Journalism 3 years
B.Sc. in Journalism and Mass Communication 3 years
BA in Media and Communication 3 years
BA in Media Studies 3 years
BA in Mass Communication 3 years
Bachelor of Mass Media 3 years
BBA in Mass Communication and Journalism 3 years
Diploma in Journalism 1 year
  • Editor.
  • Cartoonist.
  • Photo Journalist.
  • Proof Reader.
  • Feature Writer.
  • Leader Writer.
  • Correspondent/Special Reporter.
  • Critic.
  • Presenters.
  • Researchers.
  • Reporter.
  • Broadcast Reporters.
  • Columnist.
Similar Careers
Job Profile Average Salary
Reporter INR 3 LPA
Editor INR 4 LPA
News Anchor INR 4 LPA
Feature Writer INR 4.7 LPA
Columnist INR 6 LPA
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Career Pros Details

1. Opportunity to work on challenging projects

If you’re working as a journalist, you’ll rarely have a dull day in your life. While you may be covering the elections one day, you might be reporting about an accident on the next. In addition to gaining knowledge first-hand about the events happening in your town or city, you get to work on a variety of beats like sports, politics, lifestyle and many more.

2. You learn for a living

A career for the curious, journalism allows you to learn something new every day. Whether it’s an event occurring in your community or global news from different corners the world, journalists get to be right where the action is! What’s more? Working against constant deadlines is an absolute adrenaline rush!

3. Opportunity to meet people

As a journalist, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with people from all walks of life. In fact, conducting interviews with famous personalities is regarded as one of the many perks of being a journalist. You get to meet interesting people, learn about their stories and narrate them to an audience.

4. Benefits of a press card

A press card gives a journalist a feeling of privilege as by waving it around, you can get entry into almost any event happening in your city. In addition to the opportunity to report directly from the site, a press card also gives a journalist several social benefits like faster access to theater premiers, latest movies and even formal events.

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Career Cons Details

1. Not lucrative

Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room. Talk to any journalist and he/she will tell you that journalism isn’t a high-paying job. Unless you’re reached the level of Arnab Goswami or Rajdeep Sardesai, don’t expect a fat paycheck. As reported by payscale.com in 2018, the average pay for an entry-level journalist is INR 302,758 per year. A skill in editing is associated with high pay for this job. A journalist with 5 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of INR 500,000 per annum.

2. Long workdays

A day in the life of a journalist can be very long especially when you’ve got to break that story and subsequently get that important interview. Furthermore, each story involves significant research a journalist needs to track down relevant sources and crosscheck facts. This can be quite tiresome for many and journalists are known to cancel social appointment more than once.

3. Stressful

Journalists are under constant stress to meet deadlines. Also, relentless travel can take a toll on the physical well being of a journalist.  When there is an incident worth reporting, every news organization wants to be the first one to share it with their audience. If you don’t do well under stress, this probably isn’t the best profession for you.

4. Risk to life

More often than you can imagine, journalists risk their lives to cover a story. Whether it involves covering a riot, war zone or any other violent disturbance, journalists often work under threatening circumstances. If you’re going to be a crime journalist, you are bound to face intimidation, threats and non-lethal violence. If that’s something you’re not okay with, you should stay away from crime journalism

  • Good writing, editing and research skills
  • Computer skills
  • Interviewing skills
  • Honesty and integrity
  • Time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • I will travel a lot
  • Interest in politics and social justice
  • Leadership and team working skills
  • Will to take risks
  • Expressing ideas and opinions.
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