2/14/19
The career I have chosen to research in the field of “media or communication” was an announcer. The reason being is I have been told by multiple people that I have a “good voice for broadcasting” and I was curious as to the prospects in that career. Announcers can be anything from sports casters to Public Address announcers at arenas. but typically you would work in radio or TV. The statistics of of field however are surprisingly very grim.. the projected decline over the next ten years is an eye-opening 9%. Which is loss of 4,500 jobs according to the site.
As far as training and education is concerned, there are two different paths the site outlines. If a radio announcer/sports caster is the goal, many companies require a bachelors degree in journalism or communications in addition to intern experience at a company or at the university level. However if you want to be a public address announcer, there is no higher education required and its more of a ‘learn on the job’ career.
If I were to try an join the field of announcing, My personal first step would be to start getting involved with eSports, seems weird but its a growing industry. I would switch my major to communications and do as many announcing related gigs as possible. trying to cast collegiate level eSports matches and get my name out there any way I could. I would also try to be a Public Address announcer during the summers. I would keep doing this until hopefully someone by chance sees the work i do and contacts regarding a professional level career..
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