Comments on Critical Thinking Blog: All Opinions Are Not Equal: Future Careers

specifically going for a doctorate of physical the...

2009-07-30T17:07:26.622-05:00

specifically going for a doctorate of physical therapy, 1.1% unemployment rate

since we had classes together & lived on the s...

2009-07-30T17:07:01.885-05:00

since we had classes together & lived on the same floor, im sure you recall i went the comm route. i got my degree in what Bradley would consider is the equivalent of photojournalism.

i work at foxsports.com as a photo editor. you'd think it was all a success. especially cause im working in online journalism.

such is not the case. were having many of the same problems in the traditional forms of journalism.

im actually get out of it & getting into health care for job stability.

how awesome!

I heard a good quote about journalism recently, bu...

2009-07-02T10:05:56.087-05:00

I heard a good quote about journalism recently, but forgot to write it down. I think it was following the death of Tim Russert, and basically the speaker asserted the fact that though journalism is going through some major transitions, good journalists will always be in demand, and will always be compensated for being the best at what they do. Same as every other industry.

It is interesting to live in NYC as a journalism graduate from a small Midwestern school and work in the finance industry alongside Ivy League MBA's who paid top dollar for very specialized educations. The difference in salary/position is negligible if existent at all.

It's really cliche to say, but I believe the efforts and talents of the employee/student easily make the educational background irrelevant.

physical therapy...i know some one in the field an...

2009-07-01T18:57:12.406-05:00

physical therapy...i know some one in the field and the economy doesn't seem to bother it

I'd steer them towards anything in the health ...

2009-07-01T15:20:53.691-05:00

I'd steer them towards anything in the health services field. We old folks aren't going anywhere, and the need for medical professionals is only going to increase.

I disagree that there is anything inherently wrong...

2009-07-01T15:12:01.556-05:00

I disagree that there is anything inherently wrong with going into the field of journalism itself. But we'd probably agree that the traditional model of radio/tv/newspaper/magazine is changing very rapidly, and I'm not sure schools are keeping up. I read recently that while newspaper and magazine subscriptions are down, actual news consumption is up over the last some odd number of years b/c of online news sites. (although I dont know what counts as "news" aka jon and kate plus 8 gossip) You can debate all the day the quality of stories in the NY times vs yahoo news, but I think there will be lot of places to write in the future. It will just be much more fragmented and specifically tailored to the audience that wants to read it. And of course filled with a healthy dose of liberal agenda ;)