Emelia Patterson, Blog Post #4

I'm planning on interviewing Dick Johnson, who is a co-anchor for NBC 5 television news in Chicago. He came to speak to my journalism class at my high school a couple of years ago, and he offered good insight into the hectic but rewarding life of a broadcast journalist. I've contacted him by e-mail and we have yet to schedule our interview. I believe that speaking to him would offer me more information about the area of journalism that I want to possibly enter. I want to ask what the hardest and easiest parts of being a reporter are, and I also want to know, realistically, what the demands for the job are. I also want to ask about salary and if and how reporters can move up the corporate ladder once they start working.
If I'm not able to speak with Mr. Johnson, a family friend of mine, Chris Chulumovich, is involved with public relations for many companies and regularly posts press releases. Strategic communication is another area of journalism that I've become interested in, so I feel as though it'd be worthwhile to talk to him about possible career opportunities in that area of study. Sometimes I feel as though I have a difficult time interviewing successfully, and I believe that getting involved with public relations and advertising could hold some promise for me. I'm going home for the weekend this coming weekend, and I have plans to meet up with Mr. Chulumovich to talk about public relations so that I'm able to understand more of how that business works. I would ask him what the salary is expected to be for a student right out of college, and I would also ask him how he feels about his job, because enjoying your job is a big part of career satisfaction. Again, like with broadcast, I would like to realistically know the demands of the jobs involved with strategic communication. I would ask questions such as :
-Are there strict deadlines?
- Is it a high pressure situation?
-How do you juggle your job with other aspects of your life?
-Do you find your job rewarding?
-What are your least and most favorite parts of your job?
-Do you consider what you do a job or a career?
-Is it difficult to make a name for yourself in this field?

I hope to gain a greater insight into these jobs, and learning more about strategic communication could also further my decision about which sequence I would like to major in.

Emelia Patterson

Final Project Blog- Sara Fox

For my final paper, I am planning to interview one of the professors that specializes in broadcast journalism, because that is the profession that I am most interested in at this point in time. I already have some questions prepared for when I find someone to interview, and hopefully they will be able to see me and answer these questions for me. Because I have not found anyone to interview at the moment, my paper is nowhere near being done, but I have been able to find a focus for when I write my paper, so after I get an interview writing the paper should go a lot faster. Some of the questions I'm thinking of asking is what made them want to study broadcast journalism, did they ever have doubts about their profession, what kind of job opportunities are available for people with this kind of degree, do they enjoy the kind of work they are doing, and what is the greater good that their job does for other people. These are the kinds of questions that I'm working with having them answer and hopefully will allow me to see if this is the kind of path that I want to take with my degree. I hope that I can gain insight to what my life could be like in 4 or 5 years after I have graduated with my degree, and if I like the way the picture that they put in my mind with what can be done with my degree. I also hope they can help me decide the best way to plan out the rest of my college years so that I will be able to get the best experience out of my years and graduate with the degree that will get me to my dream job.

Final Post-Jennifer Heck

            My progress with the final project is not too far. I believe I am going to do an e-mail interview with a nurse in Des Moines, IA. I hope this person will give me insight to the details of her job, so I can decide if a nurse is what I really would like to be. Some of the questions I plan to ask include:

1)      What college did you attend?

2)     What route did you take to become a nurse?

3)     What is your favorite part about your job?

4)     What courses did you struggle with in college?

5)     What is the hardest part of your job?

I hope to gain knowledge on the job skills required to be a nurse. Also, I hope to learn the pros and cons of the job. Interviewing a person in the nursing field will give me an inside look at the job of a nurse, it won’t just give me facts like doing a research paper would. I am learning one’s opinion about the job of a nurse.

Jennifer Heck 

Final Project Process - Katelyn Rudolph

In regards to the progress on my final project, I am in the beginnings of the workload. I am not sure who I want and plan to interview yet, but I plan tomorrow to research professors in the different journalism fields that I am interested in such as magazine design, newspaper design and strategic communications. I plan to e-mail them and hope to set up an interview sometime later this week or early next week. 

By interviewing the professor of my choosing (or whoever ends up being the most available and relevant to my project), I hope to continue narrowing down in my decision for what journalism sequence I want to pursue, even though I have it narrowed down from the 30+ sequences that exist right now to like 5, but that still doesn't give me any solace towards choosing a career path. I also hope this interview gives me some insight into what it's really like to have a job revolving around journalism. 

Some of the questions I plan on asking include the following: What classes did you take in college that helped you get internships? How many internships did you have in college? Where are the best places to get internships? Should I even look for an internship in journalism or just get a general internship? and so on.

Overall, I hope to gain from this interview a better sense of where I truly fit in the journalism world and what steps I can take to make sure my journey from undecided journalism major to full-fledged journalism employee is a smooth and awesome one.

Interview Progress - Nikki Osberg

So far I have not begun my interviewing process, however I have a solid idea of the type of person I want to interview and the questions I plan on asking. I would like to find someone who works within a magazine publication and/or an advertisement company since those are the two areas of journalism I am most interested in. I am very curious to know how magazines work, how stories are given out to different staff writers and how much leeway is given to the writers, such as topic, interview questions, and overall style. I hope that this interview will answer many of the questions that I have about the industry and market.

For the rest of the year I hope that my drive and grades continue to rise. It will be odd not coming to this class every Monday but I believe it has prepared me for the rest of what college has to offer. I look forward to my upcoming classes and getting more involved with the journalism program.

Final Project

I don't know who I am interviewing yet, I do know it will be somebody in the HDFS department. This person should help me because they can tell me their mistakes and the things they struggled with to achieve their career.  I hope to interview someone who is experienced in the field of counseling and children so they can help me better understand the path into obtaining a good job. I plan on asking them the education requirements, how hard it was to get a job with their degree, if they are satisfied with their degree.I also want to know how long it took them to decide what they wanted to do with their life.  I hope to gain a better knowledge of their career choice as well as to being on the right path with my career choice.

-Ola Akintola

In-class assignment for 11/28

Final Project Post --Final Post of the Semester!! 

Write about your progress with the final project. Who are you interviewing? When is your interview? Explain --How will this person help you gain a greater understanding of your career goal? What are some of the questions you plan to ask them? What do you hope to gain from this interview? 

Remember to include your name at the bottom of the post.

Total: 25 points