<p>Is it really worth the risk? My friend just introduced the idea to me and I realized being a sports broadcaster would be an awesome career. But I'm not sure how likely something like that would be.</p>
<p>It’s really just a crapshoot…for pretty much all journalism/broadcast journalism careers these days, it’s pretty much about luck, but going to a school with a strong alumni network and in an area with lots of opportunities helps. </p>
<p>If that’s one of the only jobs you can see yourself doing, then go for it, but if there are other more stable careers you like, think hard about it.</p>
<p>What schools are you aiming for if you chose to major in communications? I’m very interested in Journalism and I volunteer for both my school and local newspaper but I don’t think I’m going to get a degree in communications or journalism. More likely, I’ll get a degree in something like International Relations and get a job in that field and hope one day that my experience will give me an opportunity to join a news organization so I can report on international events. </p>
<p>So if I were you, I’d get a backup degree of something else related to sports and hope you can get a journalism job in the future. Journalism isn’t dying but it is increasingly harder in the new world to get a job - especially with subjects like sports which have always been hard to get into.</p>