What are the employment opportunities in Journalism?
There are journalism opportunities for well trained and highly motivated people. Nowadays, journalists are mainly employed under contracts of employment – and there is huge growth in the freelance sector. There has been an explosion of outlets for journalistic skills in recent years – local media is expanding rapidly, local radio has provided numerous opportunities and there are newsletters and the online media to consider as well. There will always be a need for well trained journalists, reporters, sub-editors, stringers, colour writers, opinion piece writers etc.