Assume you are planning to become a journalist. Where do you see yourself fitting into “the new media ecosystem”? What kind of job would you look for if you were graduating in December?
I find myself facing the question that many college students nearing graduation face: What are you going to do now?
Since jobs in journalism are difficult to come by these days, and I’m a fly by the seat of your pants type I plan on creating my own job. I prefer to be happy with what I’m doing, and what makes me happy is writing about food.
After Michael Rosenblums’ visit I feel that I have been empowered to create my own destiny. Granted I will not be paying my bills on my own business in the beginning so I will probably have a job answering phones 9-5, but if this allows me to do what I want then I’m quite happy with that.
I don’t want a job that will intrude on my free time. My free time is business building time. I’ll be able to spend my weekends traveling, cooking and eating and writing about it. That alone is enough to keep me happy.
This isn’t theoretical either, this is what I plan to do when I graduate this May. I plan to enrich my food education with cooking classes, become a sommelier, brew more beer, refine many of my recipes, take a class on cheese and do more research on food’s social and cultural impact on everyday life. Eventually I plan to do my masters at NYU in food studies. This will allow me to expand on what I am able to offer readers and fully immerse myself in what I love most.
That’s where I’ll be.
I wish you well. Like they say, “it’s not where you’re going, it’s how you get there.” :]