Study: More Than 25% Of Journalism Grads Wish They’d Chosen Another Career

CBS Local ^ | 08/17/2013

[Starboard]

Journalism is just a euphanism for studies in liberal propaganda dissemination. Looked at another way, journalism is the marketing of liberal ideology.

[Dr. Sivana]

That could depend on the major. I cannot imagine that there is much of a career in philosophy, but there is a lot of opportunity for a science major.

The philosophy majors I have known had no difficulty getting good employment. Besides those who became teachers, library scientists and priests, several went on to become programmers, another went to get a Masters at U of Chicago and ran some great number on financial exchanges for a number of years, etc.

If you choose a good college, good courses with good teachers, and work diligently, it can be more than just a vocational school. It can give you additional tools that can help in every aspect of life, not just career.

[Starboard]

The former group does little if anything to make the US more competitive in this world or improve our GDP. Just sayin...

[NVDave]

Took the words right off my keyboard.

[onedoug]

Fortunately, I got only an AA in journalism, which led to 30 years of accounting in show-biz.

But the greatest experience of my working life - done for next to nothing - has been coaching high school baseball!

[OldPossum]

If you choose a good college, good courses with good teachers, and work diligently, it can be more than just a vocational school. It can give you additional tools that can help in every aspect of life, not just career.

Of course, you realize that to most Freepers college is just a high-level job-training school. They never seem to see it as anything but that. What a shame.

[DoughtyOne]

I would agree with that.

[hummingbird]

Eric: All is not lost with a J school degree. I can write damned good business letters..."

11th: Below are the top five most popular majors of college graduates(no order):

1. Journalism/Communication

2. Philosophy

3. Sociology/Social Work

4. Education

5. Art

The five least popular majors of college graduates.

1. Econ

2. Accounting

3. Finance

4. Math

5. Engineering

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The 1st group can write technical papers for the second group....

[erod]

I was a journalism grad and I realized in the last year of my college career that I didn’t want to be discriminated for my politics in the work place and wanted to make some better coin. I went into marketing and never looked back.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I left the scribbling profession in 1980 and went into coal sales. Our company was bought out by a mid sized independent oil company and I learned selling petroleum products.

Some transition, eh ?