Advice for Students Interested in a Career in JournalismBill Kovach, Chairman of the Committee of Concerned JournalistsA curious mind and a broad liberal arts education are by far the best qualifications for a career in journalism.The best foundation begins with an undergraduate liberal arts education that exposes you to a wide range of disciplines of study and helps you supplement your native curiosity with a habit of critical thinking. Whatever course of study you …showed first 75 words of 237 total…

…showed last 75 words of 237 total…a community in which you must look the people in the eye about whom you report before and AFTER you have reported on them can provide very important lessons.And, throughout all this, read. Read everything you can, including classics in fiction that can help you begin to understand human nature and the human condition. Develop a habit of critically following the work of other journalists and find models for your own work.Good luck.