In the first meeting we spoke to two men who have jobs in journalism, one who was a freelance journalist and the other worked for Ladbible. They both discussed the positives and negatives, although there were few negatives, that come with their job the main one that was brought up was the secure hours and work time that comes wiht their job. The man from Ladbible told us that he has set hours a week and theres a lot of security that comes with his job whereas the other, who was a freelancer, said that his life and income came from going out and putting the hours in and finding work. He did add to this by saying that he felt free as he wasn't working for someone.
Both men starting with Sports Journalism and they mentioned how it was great top be able to go to many sporting events and be able to write about them, alongside be able to have the opportunity to travel for work.
Afterwards a women who worked for BBC and who is now a lecturer spoke to us and told her about how she got the job and what she got to experience whilst under that employment. She got the job through interviews and going through the normal stages of employment but then by luck she got to be a journalist for the London 2012 Olympics which she then decided to move up and do more work like that. What i learned from this women was that it's ok to step out of your comfortable zone and experience something new and you never know if you dont try, its safe to say i left these meeting and the university with a lot more knowledge of the media indusrty as i was educated in a more personal face to face way.
I asked the people of the best way to get into the industry and the answers i recieved told me that it is wise to build a good network of contacts and resources to gain access in the desired field. Then they said that you should try and get your work out their and it will get you noticed, plus it adds more value to your CV/ portfolio which helps when an employer is wanting to identify someones creativity.
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