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Re: Afraid psych problems will limit my career! Help

Posted by PhoenixGirl on January 27, 2004, at 18:57:39

In reply to Re: Afraid psych problems will limit my career! Help, posted by bookgurl99 on January 24, 2004, at 22:03:39

I'm considering being a journalist because the truth is an important value to me, and I have a thing about fairness. Unfairness makes me really angry. It seems to me (maybe I am naive), that the press serves an important role as watchdog of the government. I would love to expose some absurdity or injustice or lie.
I have the same worries about it that you do, though. People are mostly cattle, eating up whatever is fed to them by corporate America and the government - the Siamese twins. People are dumber, have shorter attention spans, and don't even give a shit about what's right anymore.
On top of that, the media is more and more about entertainment and making a profit. They may not want to piss off their corporate advertisers with responsible reporting that sheds light on ugly things those corporations are doing.
Plus, as far as I know a career in journalism generally means major stress, low pay, lots of interaction with people, and exposure to negative subjects.....Is that good for a depressed, anxious person with major social anxiety?
Given all these things, maybe it's pointless to go into the career. Maybe my thinking is negative and distorted as well, I don't know.
What to do, what to do...*sigh*


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