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But while I've had plenty of gifted writers do well in my classes and go on to news careers,
writing chops alone aren't enough. Some students who take journalism classes think writing is
everything, and are disappointed when they find out that the gruntwork of reporting is more
important. Put simply, these students just aren't very interested in the hard work that goes with
rock-solid reporting, and they usually disappear after a semester.
Ambition helps. Newsrooms are known for being full of type-A personalities, people who are
driven to get ahead and rise to the top. Again, I've had my share of ambitious students over the
years, but a fair number of them decided there wasn't enough money in news to make it worth
their while.
More often than not they switched their majors to business, or headed for law school.
So who does do well, at least in my journalism program? What kinds of students end up
finding careers in news