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Career advice for journalists

If you're interested in pursuing a career in journalism or communications, there are many paths you can take to get to your first job. Most involve some kind of post secondary education and hands-on experience in writing and reporting, whether it's paid work or volunteer activities.

SNN has asked journalists, writers, editors, communications specialists and journalism educators to share their stories with young reporters and offer some advice on how to get into the media business.

The opening section is a story from Anthony Westell, a veteran journalist who got his start as an apprentice in England in 1941. His story gives you a good idea of how the world of journalism has changed and the different ways that journalists prepare for their careers.

An apprentice's journey

By Anthony Westell

I passed the national school leaving exam in Britain in 1941 a month before my 16th birthday. There was no money to send me for further education, and so my father asked me what I wanted to do for a living. I said I thought I'd like to be a newspaper reporter. Full Story

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