Major in a Minute: Journalism

Skylar: Journalists have the responsibility of communicating important things that are going on in a way that everyone can understand and decide do I agree with this, do I not agree with this and what am I going to do about it.

Leonard: You get to meet people, you get to travel, and you get to exercise freedom of the press.

They can develop research methods, critical thinking, the ability to ask the right questions so that when you've finished working on the story you have something that's not been told before.

A good fit for a journalism major would be a person who has a good deal of curiosity. Also persistence when people say no.

Skylar: You have to learn how to interact with other people and make them feel comfortable.

Leonard: Anything involving writing is an open field. Public relations, politics...

Skylar: A lot of journalism now is web based, blogging, twitter, social media... We're the next great reporters, we're the next great journalists.

Leonard: There's so many opportunities in journalism. The key thing is having information that people want.