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PARTNERS ADELAIDE’S DAILY INDEPENDENT NEWS © Solstice Media 2011 TUESDAY 3RD JANUARY 2012 CLICK ON THE PAGE TO ZOOM UNIS CHURN OUT MORE JOURNALISM GRADUATES FOR FEWER JOBS Journalism graduates’ job crunch ‘For 30 years, the wine world depended almost entirely on the newspapers to promote its brands. For free. No other commodities or food product enjoyed such freaky luck’ Philip White, on the bloggers’ power to hold the wine world to account View page LIAM MANNIX UNIVERSITIES keep taking more journalism students despite an oversupply of graduates and a shrinking jobs market. Journalism numbers at major news organisations around the country are being cut, as a growth in online news steals readers and advertising dollars from the old mainstream outlets. Yet universities are producing so many journalism graduates every year that students often end up being forced into other careers or going back to uni for a different degree. Kathryn Bowd, head of the Journalism Degree at the University of South Australia, said competition for jobs was high given the numbers of graduates. “If we’re looking at jobs in mainstream journalism, there are not enough to go around for every single graduate from journalism to get a job,” she told InDaily. Read more HOW TOUGH is it for graduating journalists? Horribly tough. Hope- suckingly tough. The graduate market is very tight. If you’re determined to work as a hard- news journalist, your options are few. You can get the rare ABC cadetship. You can get lucky with a copyboy role. You can specialise in rural journalism. Or you can take a job at a regional publication and work your way up. Or, if your resume isn’t... Read more Not enough jobs: Newspaper journalist at The Baltimore Sun, as depicted in the TV series The Wire Have degree, now wish me good luck UniSA’s Kathryn Bowd Liam Mannix is a UniSA journalism graduate from the class of 2011, who did a three week internship at Indaily before Christmas. Here, he considers his prospects of finding a fulltime job: Shrinking market for mainstream journalists Margaret Simons MANY journalism graduates end up working in other fields, either lured by at least having a job or discouraged by a lack of vacancies for journalists. Mainstream media cost-cutting, combined with an oversupply of journalism graduates, has created a tough jobs market, forcing some to look to other fields for employment. Adelaide University Head of Media Dr Michael... Read more SPONSOR OF THE DAY GO TO OUR PAGE NOW Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter CONTACT INDAILY Click to email Responsibility for all comment is taken by the Editor, Des Ryan, Suite 4, Cinema Place, Adelaide. SA 5000. Sales Manager Online Producer Editor INSIDE TODAY Any insider information? HOME PAGE NEWS NATION | WORLD BUSINESS SPORT VIEWS REVIEWS ISPY PROPERTY WEATHER
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