Student Journos,

I& #39;ve seen lots of chatter from young journos abt trying/failing/losing out on jobs/internships at Big Publications, i.e. NY/DC media.

I truly can& #39;t stress enough how much more you learn & how fun working in local news is.

YOU GET TO DO SO MUCH MORE.

The industry sucks everywhere right now, and I know jobs/internships are scarce & it& #39;s a scary time to be a student journo.

Look everywhere. Go to the small paper. You will not be paid a lot, but you will be so much better. You will get on the front page. You will break news!

It& #39;s hard! You are reporting on the people in your community, the people in your neighborhood, the people in line at the grocery store w/ you.

You care a lot! You work a lot! You might get laid off! But if you wanna be a journalist, I know no better training ground.

I know there are so many barriers that keep low-income, POC young journalists from getting to do the work for so many reasons. Those exist EVERYWHERE. It SUCKS. If you can navigate those in D.C./N.Y. like insane housing costs, you can navigate them other places, too. Here for u

After I got a taste of NY/DC media, I DID NOT LIKE IT. I was bored! I didn& #39;t get to talk to real people & feel like I was making a difference where I lived! I was reporting less & telling fewer stories.I WANTED TO GO BACK TO LOCAL.

So I did! And I STILL LOVE IT.