Good news for current journalism students
“The job market for journalism graduates has remained largely unchanged for the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008, according to a new survey from the University of Georgia” (E&P, Aug. 6, via Chrys Wu on Twitter).
… nearly the same percentage of graduates in 2007 found full-time jobs within six to eight months of graduation as in the previous year, and salaries remained the same.
According to the report, on Oct. 31, 2007, 63.3% of the bachelor’s degree recipients had a full-time job, a figure nearly identical to the 2006 report of 64%. Almost all of the 2007 bachelor’s degree recipients who looked for work had at least one in-person job interview in the six to eight months after graduation.The median salary earned by 2007 bachelor’s degree recipients was $30,000 …
According to the survey (from the University of Georgia’s James M. Cox, Jr., Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research), the job satisfaction of fresh journalism graduates is at a 20-year high.
Nice news to read on a Wednesday night after a long day spent submerged in journalism education issues.
Well, just not bad news, right?
[...] Good news for current journalism students. The job market for j-school grads remains largely unchanged from a year ago, according to this report. [...]
@Adam: The glass is half full.