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Jun 9, 2011
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roavl asked: So I actually want to be a photojournalist. I'm currently kind of a freshman at a college I don't want to stay at. Should I try to transfer to a school in NYC and talk to a shit load of PJs until one offers me an unpaid internship? Should I follow my plans of doing college, then the Peace Corps for a year or two, then grad school, then trying to become a PJ?

Should I just forget all of this and try to become a humanitarian, working for some NGO in some country 50 people give a shit about?

REAL TALK, Y’ALL

1. No unpaid internships. Experience is nice, but a photog’s gotta eat.

2. You don’t have to study photojournalism to be a photojournalist, but it helps. I know that being surrounded by peers who shared my passion helped me get motivated.

3. You don’t have to move to NYC, even though it is a fuckin’ sweet city. Some of the best PJ schools are out in the middle of nowhere: University of Missouri, Ohio University, and Western Kentucky, just to name a few.

3. As far as the NGO goes, if you give a shit about it, then it matters.

-T

  1. photoblography said: Don’t study photojournalism in some expensive school. Go learn how to not suck at photography at a community college or on Google. Then take an English class or check out thesaurus.com. Can’t learn art, brah. All you can do is practice it.
  2. thedecadentelephant said: University of Missouri’s journalism program changed my life. Consider a masters program there. Look at people like Jim Lo Scalzo. You don’t have to decide now, just set a goal and take it all in.
  3. reimerstuff said: OU Represent!
  4. itriptwiceaweek said: This is helping me a lot! Thanks you sooo much!
  5. pseudodivisions said: I’d highly recommend the Photoj program at Temple U in Philly. It’s a really intimate group of students who are really passionate. I had never shot more stories/soundslides/books in my life. And it’s WAY cheaper than Drexel. Haha.
  6. roavl said: Hey, thanks for answering me! I live by NYC and *love* the city, so it’s not like I’d be uprooting myself entirely. Problem might be that no schools there offer PJ as a major. Is there any way to get a paid internship, aside from talking to PJs?
  7. k1nsl0w said: Don’t forget about Syracuse-Newhouse! Can’t even list all the reasons why it’s the BOMB.
  8. toostrongforblasters said: I’m a senior at Drexel in Philadelphia and we have an amazing photo program. I highly reccomend it!! And Philly i a great city to get started as a young artist. Just big enough where you can make it, but not big enough where the competition is insane
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