Monday, 22 April 2013

Career prospects - future aspirations


Future Aspirations

Opportunities

After I have finished my BA Hons Interactive Media Degree, I would like to move into industry, but I would also like to freelance, and try to build up a rapport and contact base with many institutions. This is so that I have various opportunities, and available places to gain work and experience within. I would like to continue to work within the Travel Writing sector of Journalism. As I have designed and created my own travel publication, this is something that I would look to continue and develop if possible.

Whilst at university, I saw many opportunities to create something, such as the group publication Mouth. I am not sure whether this will continue, but this would have been something that I would have personally liked to see continue and work within, as a news outlet and publication for the Hull area.

Aspirations

My main career aspirations are driven through the creation of my own publication, Tourist, as this has derived from a project, and has developed into something that I would hope to make a permanent fixture for my future. I plan to travel the U.S.A and Canada after I have graduated, and I would have opportunities from this to expand my cultural knowledge and create new publication editions of Tourist through documenting the places that I visit on my travels. I would try to use this alongside any other experiences that I have, to gain some work experience, and possibly internships, or paid freelance work whilst travelling.

Sports journalism is also something that I want to explore. I have particular interest in Athletics, Football, and NFL, and I hope to use these to gain some much needed experience in the field. I would also like to develop this into a career of broadcasting within sports journalism, and I would look to gain any experience possible to help me achieve this.

Other areas I am also interested in include economic and political writing, but I would be more inclined to do this as a columnist rather than a news reporter.

The Mission

My main mission in my journalism career would be to have my own travel publication, whilst also freelance writing for various other publications in travel, sports, and general news sections of newspapers and publications. I would also wish to develop a strong online presence, and communicate my career through digital means, and use interactive based programmes such as Storify, and my own blog, to record journalistic content and views.

Obstacles

Broadcasting is the area that I have least experience within, so I would need to develop this, and build a range of contacts within the industry before it may be possible to follow a career in sports broadcasting.

 

First Target

My main focus will be, from leaving my degree, to continue to develop, and expand the publication Tourist that I created as part of my degree, and develop this into my own company in the future.

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