Top Schools For Communication Majors

CE527M
Tue, 28 Jul 2015 02:34:15 +0000

@LakeWashington You’re absolutely right that it’s by no means required to be a journalism major to become a successful journalist. There are a ton of people who are hired by media outlets who don’t have a degree in journalism. However, majoring in journalism can be helpful because of the networking/opportunity aspect. Especially in this day and age where journalism jobs can be hard to find, journalism majors might have (if they take advantage of opportunities in college) better networking than non-journalism majors that can lead to jobs. All of the successful journalists you listed who didn’t major in journalism got jobs back in a time when there were plenty of journalism jobs and it wasn’t quite as hard to break into the field. So yes, you’re right in that it doesn’t matter, or at least, it might not matter, but majoring in journalism (or communications, PR, etc.) can be helpful in regards to networking and opportunities for internships, etc.