5. Your professors encourage you to write a blog. You probably had to make one for one of your journalism classes, but you love that you can choose what you want to write about and just go from there.
4. You could tell that journalism was a good fit for you. There’s generally two types of people when it comes to journalism: those who’ve always known they wanted to be a journalist and those who just knew they didn’t want to major in anything involving math or science.
3. You can’t even count the number of times people give you a funny look and ask, “Why journalism?” Then they proceed to tell you that it’s a dying profession or that you’re not going to make any money from it.
2. You’re a night owl. You don’t know what it’s like to go to bed early anymore because you’re always trying to finish another article or blog post.
1. You know you won’t be paid a lot, but you still wouldn’t change your major for the world. No matter how many times people tell you that you won’t make a lot of money or that it’s a dying profession you could never imagine taking a different path in life.
