I am going to study Broadcast Journalism at East Carolina. Does anyone have any advice?

How long do I need to wait until I start looking for interships? What is are some of the keys of landing your first job after College? Are there any other things I should know?I am going to study Broadcast Journalism at East Carolina. Does anyone have any advice?
Start looking for interships NOW and get as many under your belt as possible. Try to do one a semester. When you find a station you like, maybe you can stick with it for a couple semesters. That way the news director and producers will see how dedicated you are. With any luck, you'll be working part time PAID as a P.A. before the end of your junior year... and maybe even an assignment editor by your senior year! Then your foot will be in the door.





The next step (finding a job after college) really depends on what you want to be (producer, anchor, reporter, etc). Hopefully your school will really help and guide you--but expect difficult times ahead if you want to be talent. My school was brutally honest and that really helped.I am going to study Broadcast Journalism at East Carolina. Does anyone have any advice?
There are a lot of people in broadcast journalism that know the technology -- shooting, audio, and editing. The problem is that all that is getting easier and easier. Soon -- even perhaps now -- the technology will be so easy to learn that it will not command a high salary. It could also become so automated that many of the technical jobs will go away/





They key to long term success in the field is content. What you shoot, writing the script, interviewing subjects, researching, story telling -- all that will be the basis for career advancement.