Tips for Entry
Improve your speaking abilities and leadership skills by joining Toastmasters (https://www.toastmasters.org).
Hone your news writing skills by volunteering to create text for your town's local cable station or developing a podcast.
Fine-tune your interviewing skills by learning how to ask appropriate open and closed questions.
Join your school's newspaper or journalism club, or try out for its student-run radio or television station.
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