"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."
-James Allen
Ever since I let my career dreams be known, all I've heard are the trials and tribulations that I'll go through. How the likelihood of me finding a job will be slim to none. Even before I entered the world of college, I heard these concerns from my parents, my teachers, and sadly some of my friends. After time and time again of why this is what I want with my life my parents, hastily came on board. I had hoped that once I did start college my fears and worries would be put to rest by those who are in the profession. Unfortunately I was wrong.
"JOURNALISM IS DYING!"
Now these words, would you not agree, are the epitome of encouragement. Pardon my sarcasm.
"MAGAZINE JOURNALISM IS ONE OF THE HARDEST CAREERS TO BREAK INTO!"
Even better, my hopes slowly beginning to shatter right before my eyes. My fears arising once more, and here I am in the college game for only two months and I'm already freaking out about the uncertainty of my future!
After a few hours of trying to hush my nightmares and put them back to rest, I , somewhat, got over it. Accepted what people are saying, and came to the realization that it's all on me. Not saying that I was hoping someone would hand me a job on a silver platter and six figures [though it certainly would be nice], but there were certain beliefs that it wouldn't be as hard as my educators and parents were leading me to believe.
The Industry is dying, and so what? Regardless of the "death" of journalism there will always be a need for someone to disseminate information to the masses. People yearn to know what's going on in the world around them...it's called the "awareness instinct"[thanks bill kovach and tom rosenstiel for teaching me that]. And so what, the growth of the Internet has made it harder for the Journalism industry to survive, it's called competition, it's something that as humans we naturally do [someone should let comcast and rupert murdoch in on that].
So I've accepted the fact that my years ahead may be a long, hard journey. However, I'm confident in myself and my skills to break into the industry that I've for so long dreamt about. Therefore, the magazine world[Specifically TIME and National Geographic...hey, I've got big dreams!] better watch out because when I come a knocking, I'll definitely be a force to reckon with.
-James Allen
Ever since I let my career dreams be known, all I've heard are the trials and tribulations that I'll go through. How the likelihood of me finding a job will be slim to none. Even before I entered the world of college, I heard these concerns from my parents, my teachers, and sadly some of my friends. After time and time again of why this is what I want with my life my parents, hastily came on board. I had hoped that once I did start college my fears and worries would be put to rest by those who are in the profession. Unfortunately I was wrong.
"JOURNALISM IS DYING!"
Now these words, would you not agree, are the epitome of encouragement. Pardon my sarcasm.
"MAGAZINE JOURNALISM IS ONE OF THE HARDEST CAREERS TO BREAK INTO!"
Even better, my hopes slowly beginning to shatter right before my eyes. My fears arising once more, and here I am in the college game for only two months and I'm already freaking out about the uncertainty of my future!
After a few hours of trying to hush my nightmares and put them back to rest, I , somewhat, got over it. Accepted what people are saying, and came to the realization that it's all on me. Not saying that I was hoping someone would hand me a job on a silver platter and six figures [though it certainly would be nice], but there were certain beliefs that it wouldn't be as hard as my educators and parents were leading me to believe.
The Industry is dying, and so what? Regardless of the "death" of journalism there will always be a need for someone to disseminate information to the masses. People yearn to know what's going on in the world around them...it's called the "awareness instinct"[thanks bill kovach and tom rosenstiel for teaching me that]. And so what, the growth of the Internet has made it harder for the Journalism industry to survive, it's called competition, it's something that as humans we naturally do [someone should let comcast and rupert murdoch in on that].
So I've accepted the fact that my years ahead may be a long, hard journey. However, I'm confident in myself and my skills to break into the industry that I've for so long dreamt about. Therefore, the magazine world[Specifically TIME and National Geographic...hey, I've got big dreams!] better watch out because when I come a knocking, I'll definitely be a force to reckon with.
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Creativity is sometimes key. I believe that with some creativity, this generation we live in, can finally bring forth the mass population and shed light on newspapers, magazines etc., once again.
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