Comments on: Playing the J-School Name Game http://journajunkie.com/2010/02/03/playing-the-j-school-name-game/ A blog about all things journalism Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: marducey http://journajunkie.com/2010/02/03/playing-the-j-school-name-game/#comment-272 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:13 +0000 http://journajunkie.com/?p=543#comment-272 Thanks, Gina.

I’m going to pass all these great tips on to my student.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

]]> By: Gina Chen http://journajunkie.com/2010/02/03/playing-the-j-school-name-game/#comment-271 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:18:21 +0000 http://journajunkie.com/?p=543#comment-271 Honestly, it’s not just that she went to SUNY Brockport …Undergrads (and grad students) at Syracuse are having the same problem. It’s just a tough time.

My suggestions:
1. Go to grad school if you want. (I don’t really think the problem is the school; it’s the economy and the turmoil the industry is in). Grad school can enhance your resume, skills, and give you good networking tools.
2. Start a blog and brand yourself even if you don’t make money off it. Pick a topic and become an expert on it.
3. Free-lance, free-lance, free-lance! You might not be able to live off it right now, but it will give you the clips to get you the job when the industry rights itself.
4. Be sure you know technical skills — not just journalislm (web design,video-editing, coding, html.) This could get your foot in the door somewhere.
5. Network, network, network. Make sure you’re on Linked-In, particurlary, but also network in real life. Go to symposium at area colleges, and introduce yourself to the speaker afterward.
6. Don’t give up. If you’re good, something will work out eventually. It just may take longer than it seems like it should.

All the best to your student.

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