[thechat] look what the job search agent left in my stocking

[John Handelaar]

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> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of dave mclean
> Sent: 10 December 2001 06:30
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> Subject: Re: [thechat] look what the job search agent left in my
> stocking
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> On 2001.12.09 17:58, John Handelaar wrote:
>
> >> - Minimum of a B.A. in Journalism, preferably in print or Internet.
> >
> > !!!!
> >
> > Maybe it's a cultural difference:  it's more or less
> > impossible to get work with one of those here.
>
> Why?  You have one?  I've got a BA in Communications and happen to have a
> job.  Worked a lot of time in print, did a lot of writing. Are writers not
> needed in the UK?

Not my point at all.  I am one (or at least I was until
recently).  It's just that I've never met a journalist who
had a BA in Journalism - in fact, it'd be seen as a real
disadvantage since the 'competition' have demonstrated
an ability to be journalists _and_ do something else.

That, and it wasn't possible to do such a degree here until
one of the newer colleges started only about 4 years ago.

Post-grad 1-year courses are much more common.  Mostly
they teach you how to (1) do shorthand and (2) not find
yourself in contempt of court.  I'm not having a pop at
the courses as such, just the idea that it's wise to
allow the students to think they've got a chance in hell
of actually becoming a journalist at then end.

Of course, the 'merkin courses are better-regarded.

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