Journalism, Print and Broadcast

In many ways journalism is the perfect career for the liberal arts graduate. It allows you to examine a wide variety of topics, to study and analyze them, and then to write about them. Sounds like the outline for most of your courses, right? Naturally, this is a simplistic description; however, ideally a journalist does proceed as just outlined.

Journalism allows you to examine a wide variety of topics, to study and analyze them, and then to write about them. Sounds like the outline for most of your courses, right?

On the surface journalism can appear to be an exciting and honorable profession. The activities involved in reporting the news, informing the public, being “the watchdog for society” encourage a romantic impression. However, work in journalism, while it contains many of the elements just described, also include the usual amount of routine and boring assignments. Going from president of The Record to beat reporter at a small city daily can be a shock.

As for the health of the medium itself, the news business is alive, but how healthy it is depends upon whom you consult. One can rely on the fact that there will always be a need for someone to “report.” I’m Dawn Dellea and one of my specialties at the OCC is print and broadcast journalism. I can help you decide whether or not journalism is for you, and if it is, what you need to do to begin a path in that direction. There are also many resources available to you through this website that will inform you about the pros and cons of working in this challenging field; please take advantage of them.

Dawn Dellea

Assistant Director

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Dawn is the Williams pre-law advisor and also counsels those students interested in government, public policy, and journalism.