Fashion journalism is quite lowly paid, but again there may be exceptions. There aren't many positions available - I mean journalism itself is so competitive so fashion journalism is even worse. But again, as usual there may be exceptions.
Just moved the off topic posts, about finding a career other than journalism and the subsequent talk about PR, here in the thread about searching for career options.
For more information about PR (Public Relations) there's an ongoing thread, here.
Hi, I'm hoping to get into journalism after I graduate. Fashion journalism would be my ideal
Anyway, just a quick question. I'm always scouring job pages just out of curiousity, and I have seen a lot of adverts for journalism related roles asking skills in graphic design and/or photography. I imagine this depends on the type and size of the publication you are applying for, but are these skills now needed?
I want to get as qualified as possible, so was wondering whether I should take some evening classes. I've heard Quark being mentioned. Is it worth learning these skills? And if so, what?
Thanks
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Do you know of any good Master programmes in fashion journalism? I'm considering to do my masters and was thinking of Central St. Martins or...? I've recently graduated from art school and would love to live somewhere uproad for a while doing someting useful - London or New York would be great
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Hi, I'm hoping to get into journalism after I graduate. Fashion journalism would be my ideal
Anyway, just a quick question. I'm always scouring job pages just out of curiousity, and I have seen a lot of adverts for journalism related roles asking skills in graphic design and/or photography. I imagine this depends on the type and size of the publication you are applying for, but are these skills now needed?
I want to get as qualified as possible, so was wondering whether I should take some evening classes. I've heard Quark being mentioned. Is it worth learning these skills? And if so, what?
Thanks
I don't know about magazines, but for newpapers, you don't really need these skills if you are just a reporter/features writer. At least in the United States. But maybe things have changed?
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^^^ What about fashion journalism in Australia?
Regarding degrees/masters/etc, I don't think it's necessary in journalism or fashion jourmalism and from what I've seen there are many writers who didn't study journalism, but rather a liberal studies degree.
Hi, I studied an MA in Fashion Journalism at the London College of Fashion in 2006 and I have to say it really paid out. The course basically divides in theory (sociology basically) and practice as well as some it courses like photoshop, indesign, etc.
The MA really helped my career, but my advice would be: publish. Publish as much as you can, even if its on your school newspaper or in a small publication, this way you can build a portfolio you can show to your potential employers so they can see your style. You can have great study credentials but if you arrive to an interview empty handed and with no experience is going to be much harder.
Another tip is always ask for interviews, no matter how big they are, many of them are going to say no, but eventually soe of them are going to say yes, that way I managed to interview people like Paul Smith, Phillip Treacy and Christopher Bailey. And that can really build your cv.
Good luck and always keep your eyes open for interesting stories
Interviewing people is actually my least favorite part of journalism. I hate the anxiety that comes with asking someone to answer a few questions for you, then the actual process of going through the interview.
Anyway, I'm still interested in journalism, just not that aspect of it. Which probably narrows down my choices, when I think about it. But I'm not really into specifically fashion journalism (funny, I know) - do we have a thread here for journalism in general?
I just searched and we don't have anything here about journalism in general ... every thing here is fashion specific, because we are forum about fashion.
But there has to be lot's of other sites about journalism careers out there, where you could talk to people who are working as journalists in other fields and find infomation about the profession:
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