A Journalist’s skill kit in 2013

Journalism has gone through a cosmetic surgery over the years, in terms of the skills required by a journalist. A diploma or degree in journalism is not enough for a person to have a strong career as a journalist.

Some obvious skills and acumen required by a journalist:

• Writing
• Investigation skills
• Exploratory approach
• Courage to present the truth
• Speaking

Skills apart from those:

• Design sense
• Graphic designing
• Programming
• Entrepreneurial
• Photography
• Video editing
• Social Media
• Networking

 

What is my degree worth? Economics

After long, arduous efforts for 3 or 4 years, you will be at crossroads wondering ,”what’s next?“. You are not alone at this juncture. Look carefully, you will find a lot of your peers here. You have this question occurring constantly here because of limited awareness about the career options you have. Ideally by knowing about these options even before you graduate is helpful.

With ECONOMICS as a major subject in your course, the career opportunities you will stumble upon could be: