Approaching the prospect of a sleepless, stressful and 'kind of' productive swot vac week we said goodbye to our lecture series for journalism. In our final lecture for Journalism 1111 we concluded the semester with an inspirational lecture on what journalism actually does for, how it prepares us for the exciting yet daunting world of perhaps becoming a journalist.
The guest speaker, Steve Molkington - a blogging sensation as well as television commentator/media fanatic gave us some words of wisdom and a bit of insight into his personal career in journalism.
Steve outlined ten predominant points of advice, that I think also summarise this subject pretty aptly;
1. What you do with your brand starts now
2. Bring a multitude of skills to the table
3. Consider ourselves lucky that Australia is so liberal with it's freedom of speech laws (compared to somewhere such as chine) and use this to your advantage
4. Mainstream media vs new media - in this day and age we have so many perspectives, technologies and opinions
5. Through social media we are able to communicate directly to the source without the hassle of managers/directors
6. Start now - show your prospective employer what you're all about and start writing stories now
7. Get the best story you can - find the gold!
8. remember that ego never hurt anyone
9. Start to form an opinion on everything
10. If you have something to say, say it on your blog.
As a journalism/law student I found it particularly interesting how Steve's career changed so dramatically from a degree in chemistry to the television industry. I found it inspiring that he was able to recognise a passion for what he essentially wanted to do and went for it and became so successful. Studying Journalism 1111 has changed my opinion of what I thought journalism was and now although I'm going to continue studying law I think my career will be more journalism based.
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