I'm a subscriber to various job sites. I am becoming more bemused everyday about bullshit jobs appearing in my inbox under the category of 'Journalism/writing'
This is a typical example
Player in the Online information environment is seeking a Communications/Campaign Manager to manage client accounts across search marketing platforms
Okay. First problem is that this is not a journalism job, it sounds like PR to me. Which is fine, but i didnt include PR in my search terms. This job might involve writing, but that isn't even clear. In fact managing client accounts doesn't really sound like journalism or writing at all.
So why the f**k is it under that heading?
Makes me despair about my prospects in this profession.
Or should I just 'get real' and give up on one day being a Foreign Correspondent, and instead see the enormous value, personally and financially, in writing about why my clients' thing is good and that you should buy it, or like it, or not oppose it, or whatever.
IS IT ALL JUST F**KING PR THESE DAYS?
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Journalism covers a broad field. It does not simply refer to the profession of reporting.
This course is designed to aid people in developing general writing and analytical skills, which can be applied to a wide range of media related fields.
Furthermore, as an individual keen to pursue a position in the Public relations field, I take offence to your "well informed" analyses that this is a "bullshit" job.
I don't think that this is particularly constructive in anyway, and instead simply highlights your inability to take this blogging exercise seriously.
Perhaps next time you should not write your weekly blog in a spare 5 minutes before class.
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