Fighting your journalism demons Part 2
Again, with little experience, employers won’t take a chance on me. I think I’ve been listening to too much ABBA since the Mamma Mia movie!
I landed a job in OPAM through networking. At the time, I had lost a prominent journo job, yes where they had taken the chance on me.You could call me desperate for needing to work and earning a living, but I also took it as challenge.
I started thinking, maybe the OPAM world would suit me better, I would be happier, I could definetely earn more money, and move up the corporate ladder. After all, I’ve been told before my several people that my personality (whatever it is really as I have multiple) would suit the corporate world. “Yeah would be great in manegerial, you have the passion and you like to fight”, “you like to lead and can certainly influence people” and much more blah, blah. Considering that the corporate world is not in my top list, these motivating opinions don’t qualify as a complement. Who knows if some people have just been trying to be nice or make up conversation.
Analysing the situation, I have no idea what lies beneath OPAM. There’s definetely more jobs for it. I needed a back up plan, just in case I don’t get into traditional journalism.
Whatever you say, online is the way to go, it’s changing the media landscape. Learning SEO is a must, so why not go for it.
On my first day, I was told that I would be working closely with a highly experienced web editor, who’d teach me about all online marketing applications. ‘Perfect’ I screamed in the top of my mind.
Forgive me journalism for I have sinned.
Now, a month later as I write this blog post, I can just say ‘it’s ok for now’. My heart still beats strong for a career in journalism, but don’t judge me too soon for going onto the rival industry. I can still make the switch back and fight my midlife crisis, my demons!
