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 Something I've been worried about ever since this semester started has been the job search. I have a job ready and set up back home if I need it, which is great. However this is not what I want for the rest of my life. The job I have set up is a regular multimedia journalist job. My goal in this career is to be a sports journalist, and that's my greatest dream. That's what worries me; how long is it going to take until that dream is realized?


I'm very confident in my own abilities. I know I can be a superb on-air presence, I know I'm a good interviewer, I know I can consistently find new stories to report on and I know I can be creative with my stories and give viewers something they want to see. The problem I'm most concerned about is my age. I'm worried that news directors and hiring managers at the stations I'm applying to won't trust a young kid who doesn't have much professional experience and will instead opt for older, more traditional journalists to fill that role. The more news shows I watch, the more I see older reporters filling the sports anchor role. This is disheartening as it makes me wonder how long I'll have to wait to get to that point.


As I said before I have something set up in case it doesn't work out, but ideally I'd only be there for as long as it takes to pay off my loans. I don't want to spend the next 15-20 years reporting on politics, or city events or how the weather is affecting people. I want to report on sports and work my way to the national level. Seeing how the industry fares now when it comes to hiring younger people, it makes me worried about how long it will take to get where I'm going.



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