The perks and the advantages

Who could blame people who are trying their best to launch a journalism career when a list of opportunities awaits them? Here are some of the perks and advantages of being a journalist:

1. The opportunity to influence other people's way of thinking. The biggest privilege that journalists have is the opportunity to be a catalyst of social change. How? Since they are given the opportunity to get their thoughts printed, they have the chance to influence a lot of people who will be reading it. This may sound petty to some but real journalists consider this as a very big opportunity to change the society that is why they are doing everything to be responsible for their writing.

2. Getting a dose of fame. The pen-or computer keyboard these days – is indeed a mighty weapon to be successful. People who given the privilege to hold it and use it are considered lucky because they have the chance to gain popularity for writing stories that could create an impact to the society. Once this impact has been acknowledged by prominent people in government and in the society in general, he or she will get a dose of fame right away.

3. Experiencing things one has never experienced before. A career in journalism opens up a person to different worlds he or she has never experienced before. These may include getting to the most beautiful places for free and meeting people from all walks of life. These may also include getting special treatments from people from different sectors of the society.

4. Experience freedom through writing. People in other fields are restricted to do the things other than their job requires. In journalism, while there are minor restrictions, this doesn’t affect the fact that they have better chances of relishing their freedom since they can always write about things without the fear of being questioned in doing so.

Questions:

1) Study yourself and answer which opportunity (only one) you personally would like to use in journalism career?

2) What pushes\attracts young people to become journalists?

3) Do all listed above things usually realize in reporters’ job?

4) What other perspectives open before a journalist?

5) What privileges\responsibilities does a reporter have in our society?

6) What is negative in journalism career?

Дата добавления: 2015-07-11