<p>i m a junior in civil engineering. but ,i wanna transfer to journalism for graduate school. i need someone familiar with this fields to give some recommendation . (on academic study, report writing, etc.)</p>
<p>my friends all major in engineering.i just want to know someone of different academic backgrounds, some opinions and the email address.</p>
<p>Why do you want to study journalism?</p>
<p>i do my major quite perferct, always the top one (1/150) for two years. recently i have found myself hardly concentrated on it anymore. and i hate the way i study --just like doing some automatical work--no passion, no idea, no innovation.... although i do quite good....it seems i have been doing the wrong thing for two years,a lot of waste time. and i m quite sure that i do well on study, but not so with my future job.
the reason of transferring to journalism;1 try something totally different 2 i think i m good at analytical writting 3 do something that may challenge myself, give me something new, and give me more pressure(long cozy life in my major,i don't think i can think in the "right" way), and most of all, i like journalism much better than others.</p>
<p>ive heard Columbia is god for graduate</p>
<p>Don't want to be a negative Nellie, but maybe you should at least keep engineering as a double major.
Journalism is a dying field - or at least a field in transition. For most newspapers and magazines readership is down, revenue is down, there are big layoffs and they are laying off and putting resources into the electronic media</p>
<p>Is good to have a passion -its also good to have a job! Maybe combine the 2 majors?</p>
<p>thanks for your advices! i feel it's unlikely to go on with engineering.
columbia is god for everyone interested in journalism.and it is sooooo hard to apply to it.tough work!!!!!!</p>
<p>People will always rely on the written word, but it is true the field is slightly shrinking. However, even those outlets who are switching to online resources, they still need people to write for them! And never underestimate the need for an engineering company perhaps looking for a communications director. While I don't know about leaving an engineering degree completely, the world will always need good writers.</p>
<p>Check out George Washington University and UC Berkeley. You could go in the direction of electronic journalism at either.</p>
<p>What language were you planning to practice journalism in?</p>
<p>In addition to Columbia, check out the University of Missouri-Columbia and Northwestern. Excellent programs, too!</p>
<p>With your engineering background, you should consider a technical or science writing career. This may not require a grad degree, but rather a few courses in technical writing and publishing. Good luck to you - I'm a former journalism major and paralegal, who now gets paid to write about aviation (although not as much as you would be paid to be an engineer).</p>
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LOL!!! My sentiments exactly.</p>
<p>these below are some schools i've checked out .any suggestion? any complimentary?
New York University /Business and Economics Reporting
Boston University /Business and Economics Journalism
University of Indiana-Bloomington /M.A. in Journalism
University of Wisconsin-Madison /M.A. in Journalism
University of Columbia /M.A. in Journalism
George Washington University<br>
UC-BerkeleyBusiness /Reporting</p>
<p>Those are all great schools, but what the previous posters have mentioned is correct, print journalism, sadly, is a dying field. Furthermore, you don't have any undergraduate journalism experience, like writing for your student newspaper. Even if you went to Columbia and got a master's degree in journalism, you still probably won't get a job that will pay anywhere near what you would get as an engineer. If you love writing, you should consider using your engineering background and try to find a job in the communications department of an engineering firm or perhaps try a trade publication. You can do J school part time, most schools offer this option, even Columbia. Just my two cents.</p>
<p>Look, lets be honest here. The OP can't put together a sentence in standard English. Does anybody actually think he can be paid for writing?</p>
<p>Given the OP is brand-new (so no track record of previous posts), proposes taking his engineering degree and trying to get a job in a low-paying and declining field, and the few sentences are all poorly written -- I think this is someone's idea of a "joke" thread.</p>