Career Profiles: Journalism

CSULB Department of Journalism

Journalists gather, prepare, and communicate information to be presented through newspapers, magazines, trade publications, radio, television, news services, and public relations publications and the new media-computer services. An aptitude for presenting information in an accurate, succinct, effective manner is extremely important. Persons aspiring to journalism careers should be able to organize their thoughts and to express themselves clearly both orally and in writing. A bachelor's degree is required for entry into most fields of journalism. Additional course work, specialized training or experience, fieldwork or internship increases one's opportunities in the field. For teaching in the California Public schools, an additional year of education course work, including student teaching, is required. Increasingly, advanced degrees are becoming important, especially for college or university teaching.