Typical path, for a journalist, was either to go to a journalism school for undergraduate studies or graduate studies, try to write for a college newspaper. And try to do as many internships in the local papers as possible. And then you would probably look for a job in a small newspaper, just a local community paper that would accept you as a person without experience. It really depends what you cover as well, because, if you cover politics your background in political science is really relevant.
The path really depends on what kind of experience you have and where you work. If you're starting at the small publications you probably would expect around 30 thousand dollars. If you go into a bigger publication, then probably, it would start around fifty - sixty thousand dollars.
There is print, there's radio, there's TV, and of course, always developing internet reporting. I'm definitely addicted to my job. It's even weird when I go for vacation. It feels like something is missing. Because I am so used to those tight deadlines. All the time, the pace is very high.
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