Top 5 Schools for Mass Communications

In getting a degree in Mass Communications one thing you will need to consider is what school you'd like to go to whether you are barley applying to schools or you are planning to transfer to a new school here are your top 5 schools for majoring in Mass Communications.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

 

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND

 

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, PULLMAN 

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Tavi Gevinson: A Journlaists Dream

Tavi Gevinson is the perfect example of someone who decided to put their work online and made a career out of it. From the 15 year old girl living in Chicago to a 19 year old Rookie Blog/Magazine writer and editor, she is every teen journalists dream. She started off writing a simple fashion blog from her Chicago room and not even before she attended high school she was invited to sit front row at a Paris Couture Fashion Show.

The New York Times calls her "the oracle of girl world". With already 2 publishēd Rookie Magazine's shes had more success before graduating high school than most kids her age can say. Nineteen and living in her own apartment in Chicago, she is regularly deferred to and sought out, to give her opinions on fashion, feminism, and the heart. Gevinson shows us the amazing opportunities and careers you can make out for yourself just by putting your work online for the world to see.

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What Can You Do With Your Degree?

I feel like Mass Communications is such and underrated major choice. With M.C there are so many different careers you would be able to go into/study while at school. With more than one option out there I've decided to give you guys the top 4 careers in Mass Communications along with salaries.

ADVERTISING

 

One of the top jobs people in Mass Communications study for is Advertising. Having a career in advertising can allow you to make about $68,000 a year. As a person in advertising you are truly the face of the company, you are constantly changing it up and thinking about how to bring in my customers & profit. 

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PHOTOJOURNALISM

 

 It might not be the most top paying career in Mass Communications making an average of  $39,000 per year, there is a lot you can do with a photojournalism career. From working for Nylon magazine to Time magazine as a photojournalist its your job to capture the emotions of what story you are tying to get across.

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NEWSCASTING

 

In Newscasting you have different branches you can go into, from: anchors, reporters, radio personalities the list can go on. As this can be a very competitive career to get into starting as an intern might be a good way to start out. With the different jobs in Newscasting your salary can range from $30,000-$170,0000.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

 

In P.R you are the voice of the company, you handle all media coverage and any type of interview needed to happen. As a P.R Specialist your clients could range from big businesses to celebrities. In P.R your yearly salary would be about $54,000.

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How To: Get Your Work Out There

Whether you are still in college or you've just gotten out getting your work out there is a big part of starting your career in Mass Communications. 

No matter what you're doing: photography, cinematography, journalism, advertising etc. there is many different types of sites you can use to showcase your work.

WEBSITE #1

Cargo is a quick and easy website that allows you to create your own URL and publish any type of work you might have. Its a good way to showcase many different projects you might have and simple for people to click your link and browse around.

WEBSITE #2

Although you might know tumblr as just a fun blog to look for pretty pictures and find some quick inspiration, a lot of my favorite photographers have made it big all because of tumblr. Posting pictures is easy and you are able to tag your photos with words that people might be searching for "concert" "black and white" "cars" etc.  My favorite Rapper photographer known as "blackprints" is only 20 years old and just because of tumblr was noticed by her love of concert and portrait photography and now gets to go on tours and is living her dream.

WEBSITE #3

 

I know what you might be thinking, craigslist? Really? Yes, really! Okay so craigslist might not be a place to show your work but its a great place to find work. If people are in need of a quick photographer, editor, writer they will post an add and responding to it is a great way to branch out your work and even make some quick cash!

WEBSITE #4

 

Last but not least, blogger! Blogger (for me) is one of my favorite blogging sites out there, as I'm using it now it one of the easiest and free blogging sites around. You could pay $12.99 a month or more for a big time blogging website but why do that when blogger exists?! Blogger is a great way to show off your creative writing side, its an easy way to being a career in journalism. Its easy to get people to check out your blog and you are even able to throw in key search words on your blog that people are able to look up on google or bing and have your blog pop up! Its also a great thing to have to show at a job you want to get so they can see what kind of a writer you are.

These are not the only sites out there for you to use but they are my top picks! I hope this has helped you out a bit and makes you want to create a site if your own!