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Is it possible to be a photojournalist AND a journalist?

Shannon
16.09.2015
Shannon

I want to be a journalist. I'm in my second semester of my Bachelor's degree, and already am working with the professor as an assistant for the intro class.

Last semester, I skipped the intro class and went straight into Journalism News writing 2 (head underwater I might say). I came out greater in knowledge and loved every minute of it. The only issue is, no one was taking photographs for the articles. I went out and bought a Nikon D3300 entry-level camera to start picking up the slack.

Almost every page had either my photo or an article I wrote.

So what I'm asking, is as a career option-- can a journalist also work as a photojournalist?

Kendall
17.09.2015
Kendall

Of course, anything is possible if you put your mind to it. You can do it both and be great. Just be YOU

Mac
17.09.2015
Mac

Sometimes as a journalist for a small publication you have to do both for less important stories.