Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Careers in Journalism for Fashion Professionals

Fashion Professional, or for that matter any professional, is required to communicate extensively at various levels. The communication may be with clients who want to know the progress of their merchandise, it may be with the suppliers and producers of fabrics or it may even be with the boss, who want the reports succintly and effectively presented to him. Lot of professionals learn this art through experience. However, it would be brilliant if these skills can be had right at the onset of one's career. A course in journalism can help you in gaining those skills with ease and under guidance with able mentors.

Career in journalism in itself can be very rewarding. As a fashion professional you can work in fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle or work in fashion channels. If you want to leave the fashion industry altogether there are a lot of entertainment and media venues you can venture into. You can work with CNBC, if you have a liking for business or work with Balaji Telefilms if home entertainment is your forte. A survey said that the entertainment and media are the two hottest careers in the time to come.

An effort to this direction has been made by 9.9 School of Convergence by introducing a course in Diploma in Applied Journalism .The admissions are open with the session starting from September 20th.

The aim of this course is to inculcate in a person the high quality editing, writing and reporting skills. The classes are scheduled on Sundays so that the professionals dont have to leave their regular jobs. One can contact them and find more about the details.

As their website suggests, their placement services or "career services" do more than just getting a student a full time job. The career is shaped from the beginning of the course looking at a person's abilities and aspirations. The 9.9 School of Convergence has 100% placement with clients like NDTV, STAR, CNN-IBN to boast of . The leadership team has Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha, Dr. Eric D Saranovitz, Pooja Kothari and Gunjan Aggarwal who have links deep into the media industry.

It can be understood that with a specialisation and a career in journalism, the jobs will be much more enriching and satisfying ( and more lucrative) than with a specialisation alone.

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