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How To Become a Journalist: Education, Jobs, and Specialties

Elizabeth69 — Mon, 15 May 2006 10:23:00 -0500

The world of journalism can be very exciting. Journalists are on the cutting edge of local and global events helping to keep the world informed about both hard news and gossip. Here are a few tips to becoming a journalist:

Please note: before you take a big step for becoming a journalist, like enrolling in a top journalism school, please make sure you are aware of salaries of journalists and the competition for journalism jobs. The climate for newspaper journalists is especially tough right now.

Once you are sure that a journalism career is right for you, here's what you need to do.

How To Become a College Professor

Stephanie57 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:33:00 -0500

Before even beginning the steps to becoming a college professor, you should be really, really sure that you want to do this. Academia at its best is the most rewarding profession there is; you get to teach subjects you love to young adults who are interested in what you have to say, to spend all day every day reading, writing, and talking. But at its worst, academia can be exhausting; the politics are unrivaled, the work load is impossible, the salaries are sub-par, and the students hate you. Unfortunately, you also have tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. The question, of course, is whether the fantastic things outweigh the horrific things; this is something only you can decide. So if you're sure, here's what you should do:

How To Write a Sitcom

Beth141 — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:31:00 -0500

Everyone has a funny element to their life--their workplace, their family, their high school. And plenty of people think that funny situation would make a great sitcom. How do you write a sitcom? How do you go from that "situation" to an actual script? Here are some basic steps to sitcom writing. Like any kind of writing, sitcom writing is a craft that needs to be practiced and honed, but you gotta start somewhere, so check out these steps.