More J-School Grads Getting Shut Out of News Jobs that Still Pay Just $30,000 (Dinosaur Media)

Editor and Publisher ^ | August 04, 2010 | Mark Fitzgerald

[GOPGuide]

Have fun paying off you $15,000 school debt, kids!

[GOPGuide]

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[pnh102]

That high?

[GOPGuide]

That’s for the few who actually found full time jobs.

Going to be tough to pay off their $15,000 school debt with salaries that low.

[RingerSIX]

Journalism..... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahHAHAHAhahhaahhahahHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!

[Don Corleone]

We know what they are...its just the price that is being haggled.

[GOPGuide]

What’s the average tuition for Journalism schools? $5,000 a year?

[GOP_Raider]

From what I have heard, journalism majors on most college campuses have among the lowest aggregate GPA among all majors—only education majors have lower, I believe. So 30k might be a tad too high.

[abb]

I’ve always been told that Journalism majors are former English majors who couldn’t cut it. It’s a gold-plated fact they know nothing of the hard sciences - math, physics, chemistry, etc.

I have a theory that ‘business reporters’ are picked from j-school prospects that raise their hands when asked if they can reconcile a checkbook.

[Col Frank Slade]

Rush had the best advise ever for budding journalist grads.

Go out and destroy the career of a Republican. You will be showered with accolades and promotions.

[GOPGuide]

I’ve always been told that Journalism majors are former English majors who couldn’t cut it. Journalism majors say they went into Journalism because math and science are beneath them.

[freekitty]

The kids don’t realize with the Lefty agenda; this is all they will ever hope to earn.

[NoExpectations]

Avg - public 8K; private 45-50K.

Watch out for the student loan debt crisis bubble with all this unemployment. My neighbors have 2 kids maxed-out with student loans and no jobs. (BTW, communication majors :) )

[GeronL]

what news jobs?

[Tzimisce]

Well thank god we’re living in an economic boom so they can easily find good paying jobs in other fields. :)

[skr]

30k is good pay to some of us.

[DManA]

The author demonstrates one of the basics of journalism: Who, What, Were, When, and How are minorities affected.

Racial and ethnic minority journalism graduates had a particularly difficult time finding a job,

[Dilbert San Diego]

But since most are good liberals, they reject materialism and only want to push the liberal agenda. That is their reward, that they are helping push society towards the liberal view of any issue.

[April Lexington]

Watch out for the student loan debt crisis bubble with all this unemployment. My neighbors have 2 kids maxed-out with student loans and no jobs. (BTW, communication majors :) )

And the coming bailout... those who paygo are once again screwed by the socialist state...

[Snickering Hound]

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sfs/docs/University_Tuition_And_Fees/Tuition_Rate_and_Fees.html

$20,000 a semester for a Journalism major.

And those slackers are on a 5 year plan minimum.