Day 25 of 1000
My daughter, Kelly, wants to work as a journalist. We both agree a that a journalism (or any other liberal arts) undergraduate degree is not the best way to learn anything of value, especially in a government run school. So she wants to get as much journalism experience as possible as she works her way through a math and/or statistics degree*. She works as a reporter on the staff of the community college newspaper, writes in her blog 3-4 days per week, practices her cartoons and caricatures, and plans to apply for some summer programs like the World Journalism Institute to get need experience for entry into a Journalism Masters Degree. She needs to get as much media experience as possible so when she heard about a job as an intern at a local radio station, she applied for the job. The show producer wrote an email back to her about 15 minutes after she sent in her resume and cover letter. She just texted me that she is walking into the interview right now and will call me back as soon as it is over.
*She and I think that statistics might be a good base for a lot of things journalists need to understand. Things like political polling, consumer confidence, internet popularity, and all different kinds of research (sociology, psychology, economics, climate, education) require a good understanding of statistics. She will be able to study sample survey methodology, experimental design, trend analysis and a bunch of other topics important to a lot of things she might report.