In 2016, American colleges and universities awarded 13,858 journalism degrees. But according to a 2017 study by the Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, journalism and communications majors are the only group of college graduates with increasingly higher unemployment rates.
At the same time, if you get a journalism job, you may not keep it. Steady waves of layoffs and buyouts have hit American news organizations for over a decade, largely due to the shifting landscape of digital advertising and online news. Using data and personal stories from the field, this webinar will walk HES students through the aptitudes, skills, and personality traits that good journalists have – and how those can be successfully transferred into lucrative and rewarding jobs in politics and civil service, education, publishing, marketing and communications, lobbying, even law enforcement, environmental conservation, and the arts.
By the end of the webinar, you will have a better understanding of the value of a journalism degree, and how they can parlay their education, experience, and personal passions into new directions.
Presented by Wendy Lawton