Listen up future journalists

So you wanna be a journalist, right? Whether you want to write for a newspaper, magazine or online I’m sure most of you are aspiring to be well known journalists and want to do anything you can to improve yourself. I was searching online and came across a really good blog by Paul Bradshaw for anybody that is aspiring to become a journalist. Although many things on the list seem like common sense you would be surprised at how many journalism students don’t follow these suggestions…

• Read the news
• Forget you have an opinion
• Know the difference between news and features
• Get a life
• Don't sit around waiting for phonecalls
• Make contacts
• Learn how to spell
• Be open to new experiences
• Know what the rules are so you can break them
• Know what you want to get out of this-and chase it

I also came up with a few suggestions of my own and if you have any other additions I would love to hear them.

• Keep a journal
• Engage in conversation
• Discover the web
• Always ask questions
• Start a blog- We all have a good start with this one!

I think everyone will find Paul's blog not only helpful, but aspiring. Check it out and let me know what you think!

http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/09/25/how-to-be-a-journalism-student/