<p>varies greatly. those on top make a lot. those working for them, not necessarily. this is a case where a little google goes a long way toward finding the answers to your (very basic) questions.</p>
<p>With sports journalism, I feel like there are so many spots with local, and national. It has to be a growing field. I have xm radio and there are like hundreds of channels with tons of different shows on. I know news rooms are shrinking but isn’t the demand for multimedia journalists growing? Especially on sports right? I know that it is competitive but coming from arguably the top j-school in the country, would it be that hard?</p>
<p>Bumpppppppppppppppp</p>
<p>Ignore everyone who doesn’t tell you to just try. If you feel passionate about it, go for it. A degree from a good journalism school will be marketable, so even if you decide sports journalism isn’t for you, you will still have the skills to switch to some other type of journalism.</p>
<p>Apparently, you do not believe or won’t accept what is offered here.</p>
<p>You can do your own research, instead asking about it over and over. goto Monster.com or any job search engine and see it yourself what are they(broadcasting) looking for vs. Computer Engineers, nurses and the like.</p>
<p>The BTN has a few listing for producer and assoc. producer but no salary info. Here’s how you might get a start. All entertainment biz is highly personal and contacts are important to build.</p>
<p>[UW</a> Student Jobcenter: Job Detail](<a href=“Student Jobs – UW–Madison”>Student Jobs – UW–Madison)</p>
<p>I just wanna know how many people end up doing well in sports journalism. I can’t find that on google really. I feel like a lot of people do well and I want to know if it’s growing. With sports being bigger than ever I’d think it would. Nobody has told me if it’s growing or shrinking</p>
<p>Uniman, the problem with what you’re asking is that there probably aren’t any statistics to satisfy your queries, at least nothing that I’ve seen. The people who are doing well in journalism, particularly sports journalism, are the ones you see workings–on TV, newspapers, publishing houses, radio, magazines, etc. </p>
<p>I don’t know that journalism is really growing or shrinking. It’s changing. As you said earlier, multimedia is becoming a huge aspect of journalism and the more you know in that area, the more marketable you will be. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s growing. Current media professionals are adapting to the new climate, and if they don’t, they’re being replaced. </p>
<p>As others have said, the problem with sports journalism is that EVERY sports buff wants to be a sports journalist (just like every fashionista wants to work at a fashion magazine). You have a lot of competition. Just because you’re potentially looking for jobs in that field with a top-notch degree in hand doesn’t mean you’ll be a shoo-in. You could be competing with a classmate. What really counts in journalism is your work experience–internships, freelance work and jobs. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Parents: no matter what we tell uniman, he doesn’t care for the answers. So he will ask it again and again and again. Check out his other posts. Same question again and again, just changing the majors slightly–sports journalism, marketing, advertising, convergence journalism…</p>
<p>Uniman: Other parents on this forum and I have spent many posts on trying to help you. It seems that no matter what we say, you answer with “but with if…” It’s tiresome.</p>
<p>If you truly are going to the University of Missouri School of Journalism, you will figure out your strengths during your four years there. Rely on your instructors and advisors. You do not need to declare your major now and you cannot know what your post-college career path will be.</p>
<p>I went to Mizzou, all set to be a political reporter. Guess what? I ended up as a sports journalist–the first female sports editor in Missouri. I don’t write sports now but many of my classmates write sports for major papers and media outlets: USToday, San Diego Times-Union, Hartford Courant, Omaha World-Herald, ESPN the Magazine, Golf Magazine and DallasCowboys.com</p>
<p>Chill out and don’t wear out your welcome on the parents’ forum.</p>
<p>proud of yourself uniman123? </p>
<p>FWIW - manners and classiness are crucial characteristics to succeeding in broadcasting. Maybe you should work on that a bit before heading to that top journalism school.</p>
<p>Really? But what if im wearing jeans? Would that help???</p>
<p>I am a female journalism major at the University of Maryland, which has a top journalism school, Philip Merrill School of Journalism. My goal is to be a sports journalist (print, not broadcast). The thing is though, you can’t study sports journalism. You’re going to have to learn to do all kinds of journalism. Even broadcast majors will need to learn some stuff in print and vice-versa. You will most likely to be able to take a class or two centered on sports but you’re going to have to take a ton of other more general journalism classes too. Sports is a direction you can hope to take after you graduate, but even then you might not be able to start right away in sports. You might have to cover crime or something at a smaller paper and hope to get into the sports section. And when you do, it might have to be covering high school sports or something at first. </p>
<p>Journalism is changing. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s dying, it is not. </p>
<p>Sports are growing. There are increasingly more sports-centered channels out there: Comcast SportsNet, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, MSG, Versus, Fox Sports Net, Fox Soccer Channel, CBS College Sports, etc. There will be opportunities, but it’s also a hard field. Going to a top Journalism school will help. At college, write for some of the campus publications and try to cover sports for them. Get involved in the TV Station at your school too. At mine, there’s a big sports radio station where anyone can get a talk show on sports, if the school you go to has something like that it would be great for an aspiring broadcast major to get experience. Try to get some good internships to make connections and network.</p>