How much does the average journalist make?

How much will i make as a journalist? Fields for MBA!?!?

• Hey everyone. So yesterday, i was talking to this cousin of mine and she asked me how much i'd make if I became a journalist, and i really don't know so i wanted to ask. I'm starting my 3rd year in college, studying Mass communication. I'll soon be starting an internship at a well-known newspaper since I've taken print journalism, and i'll keep on doing internships until i have passed my 4th year, after which i was thinking of getting a masters degree, although many have told me to get an MBA degree, but i don't know which field I should have an MBA in. Can anyone give me any good advice on this? Also, i wanted to ask how much i'd get paid if i got a job as a journalist, i am planning to go to England for my career, since my family is there, so how much would I get as my starting salary? Thank you, i'm really clueless in this sorta thing, so any good advice will be welcomed. Much obliged.

• Answer:

  No one can tell you how much you will be paid. It depends on too many factors. MBA programs prefer students with 2-3 years work experience after the first degree. Some accept students right out of college if they have good grades and a high GMAT score. Some MBA programs are designed specifically for new college graduates without work experience. But in those programs you don't get the benefit of learning from other students who have work experience. A lot of valuable learning takes place through class interaction. Also when you graduate your job offers will be about the same as a business undergraduate gets because you have no work experience, and you've been two years out of your undergraduate field so it's hard to get work in that area. The MBA is a general degree preparing students for management positions in any level of a business, up to CEO. MBA students study accounting, finance, marketing, management, statistics, economics, strategy, policy, and other courses. Many MBA programs offer concentrations in these and many other fields, but that amounts to only 2-3 courses in your chosen field in the second year of study. Many students avoid a concentration and take a variety of elective subjects to gain a broader background. By the time you finish the first year you'll be able to decide which concentration interests you. You don't become a specialist in a field with 2-3 courses. It generally takes a year of concentrated study. A good source of information about MBA programs is the Official MBA Guide. It's a free public service with loads of information about the MBA and it has a good search engine for finding the program that fits you best.