Career changer coming back to passion

[D Truth]

Hello everyone, I am new to the board and have a question (I hope this hasnt been asked numerous times). I have an undergrad degree in History and I have applied to get a second undergrad degree in mass comm with a concentration in journalism. Would it be to my advantage to obtain a second undergrad degree and work an entry level job at the local paper or contact the local paper and just work the entry level job now? By the way, I do not have any newspaper experiance besides what I did in high school.

 

[You're With Me Leather]

I've always maintained that you'll learn more in the business by doing rather than sitting in a classroom. Take the job now and the classes later (if needed).

 

[Chi City 81]

I've always maintained that you'll learn more in the business by doing rather than sitting in a classroom. Take the job now and the classes later (if needed).

Good advice. A degree never hurts, but a complete lack of experience does.

 

[buckweaver]

History degree is fine. Really, any degree is fine (and sometimes, no degree is fine.) Unless you want a second B.A. for your own reasons, don't worry about it. Probably won't make much difference in finding a job.

What matters is experience -- get some asap -- attitude/work ethic, and skills. Oh, and networking. As the others said, you learn more in a newsroom than you do in a classroom.

 

[D Truth]

With that said, is there anyone up here to network with in Richmond Va?

 

[Chi City 81]

With that said, is there anyone up here to network with in Richmond Va?

Yes. Not me. But yes.

 

[DyePack]

With that said, is there anyone up here to network with in Richmond Va?

You mean Richmond, Va.?

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

With that said, is there anyone up here to network with in Richmond Va?

You mean Richmond, Va.?

That was anal.
And not the cheeky Boots funny type of anal.

 

[D Truth]

Yes, I mean Richmond, Va. I'll like to thank everyone who replied on my thread and I plan on contacting the Times-Dispatch and the Daily Press (if I decide to stay in the Hampton Roads area). If anyone have anything else to add to this thread that can help, please feel free. Thanks again

 

[Freelance Hack]

Yes, I mean Richmond, Va.  I'll like to thank everyone who replied on my thread and I plan on contacting the Times-Dispatch and the Daily Press (if I decide to stay in the Hampton Roads area).  If anyone have anything else to add to this thread that can help, please feel free.  Thanks again

D,

There are some good people from those areas who are frequent contributors on this board, but I would recommend you contact the papers personally outside of here. At least at first, anyway.