There is more than one way to skin a cat, and there are ten ways to become a good journalism student according to Paul Bradshaw, a journalism professor in the United Kingdom:
1) Read the news
2) Forget you have an opinion
3) Know the difference between news and features
4) Make contacts
5) Get a life
6) Don’t sit around waiting for an email reply
7) Learn how to spell
8) Be open to new experiences
9) Read books
10) Know what you want to get out of this—and chase it
Bryan Murley of Innovation in College Media adds seven more bullet points to the list:
11) Watch good video
12) Engage in conversation
13) See stories from all angles
14) Embrace the web
15) Be willing to fail
16) Ask “why”
17) Think about databases
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