Communications

Communications seems to run in my family.  My mom was a journalism major in college, my brother was a broadcast journalism major, and here I am, a communications major.  Although my mom didn’t follow her major her whole life, my brother is definitely on the right track.

My brother is 24, and a reporter in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  He studied hard at Syracuse University and followed his childhood dream to be on television.  Since he was young, he always wanted to be a sports broadcaster, and he followed the newscasters and studied their techniques.  He had many different jobs and internships around college that helped steer him in the right direction.  After deciding that he liked news broadcasting better, he applied to about 50 jobs all around the country.  His resume tape was full of his best broadcasts and his resume was top notch.  After many responses, he chose the job in Arkansas because it was the best market and somewhere he had never thought of going.  He has been there for two years now, and couldn’t have done better.  He learned about the new culture, often having to fake a southern accent for people to take him seriously.

Communications is an interesting field to work in, because it can literally take you around the country, and even the world.  He never expected to move far away from home, but he has loved the experience.  I hope that wherever I end up, it takes me somewhere new for a while.  I think that everyone should have the opportunity to live someone they’re not used to for a while, and find out what they want to do.  I look forward to the excitement in finding my first job outside college.