<p>I want to be a sports journalist, maybe a columnist
I can only afford five applications so can someone please help me narrow down my list?</p>
<p>AMERICN, MIZZOU, OKLAHOMA STATE, ARIZONA STATE, SYRACUSE, INDIANA, TEXAS</p>
<p>if you want to be a sports journalist, you’re not going to get a job out of college by waving your journalism degree. You’ll get a job by having a slew of internships and related experience such as writing for your school paper. In fact you don’t need a journalism degree at all; any bachelors will do as long as you get the experience.</p>
<p>Something to think about is that at schools with big journalism programs, the kids in it are going to be soaking up the jobs on the school paper and applying to every local TV station and newspaper for internships. At a school without a journalism major, there is going to be less competition during the school year at local news outlets.</p>
<p>If you want to be a journalist, especially a sports journalist, you ought to be comfortable talking to people. I suggest you get the names from your local paper of a couple of reporters in the sports department, then call them up and explain your a HS student that wants to enter the field. Ask them if you can meet for coffee and get their advice.</p>
<p>If you can get in, Northwestern has a world-renowned school of journalism.</p>
<p>If you can only afford 5 applications, how are you going to be able to afford journalism school?</p>
<p>What are your stats and what state do you live in?</p>
<p>Top journalism schools are generally considered to be (in no particular order)-</p>
<p>Mizzou
Syracuse
Northwestern
UNC-Chapel Hill
Arizona State</p>
<p>I would look at those 5, but would tweak the list depending on your stats. </p>
<p>Syracuse basically feeds people to ESPN, so that’s the first name I would think of when it comes to sports journalism.</p>
<p>i got a 50 thousand dollar grant and 30 thousand in scholarship money</p>
<p>GPA -3.7
SAT - 2010</p>
<p>I think syracuse and mizzou are my top 2</p>
<p>Indiana has rolling admission and requires no essays or teacher recommendations. You should also be able to get scholarship money. It’s a nice safety because you will hear back within a month in most cases.</p>
<p>I guess you aren’t looking in New England, but my friend’s daughter graduated from BU 2 years ago with a degree in photojournalism. Her internship…covering the Boston Red Sox…is now her full time job and she loves it. It’s probably a good thing to check out the school’s intern programs and see if they have good placement in areas of interest to you.</p>