Need help deciding on a major!

collegebound127
Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:15:46 +0000

Hi Newyorkcitylivin,

I totally got your drift. For the past few years I planned to be a reporter, although now I’d like to be an English professor, or a foreign-language teacher.

Anyway, last year I spoke to my English professor about this. He has worked as a journalist, and his sister got snatched up as a reporter for some big publication. He told me that it’s more important to have an impressive portfolio than an actual Journalism degree. In his sister’s case, she had an English degree and a really good portfolio.

Of course, major in what you like b/c you will be good at what you enjoy. If you need you can always pick up a double-major with a more “practical” degree (as some would say).

Job’s are rough in this field b/c it’s not growing. I spoke with a local newspaper a year-and-a-half ago, and they told me that readership isn’t growing for print editions and everything is switching to online (duh). With this info and what I heard from a recent grad, I’m going to learn computer programing, so if decide not to teach and switch back to journalism I can get a job as a web editor.

I hope this wasn’t to much info. Best of luck! Also, feel free to check out my thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-college-majors/1565838-seeking-input-foreign-language-degrees.html