By Mike DeMarco

Kate Barnes

Education: 4 year Degree in Photojournalism Top Schools: Boston University, RIT, and

Corcoran College

Portfolio: A strong portfolio is the most important asset

to getting work in photojournalism. Potential employers look at your portfolio, and

if it’s bad it doesn’t matter how much education you have.

Job Availability: There are no set amount of jobs in this

field. Many photojournalists are freelance.

Statistics: Median annual wage $30,000. 152,000 current employed as

photographers. Projected employment in 2018 is 169,000.

Photojournalists can work for newspapers, magazines, or can work freelance and sell their images.

James Nachtwey Has traveled to many third world

countries and documented their issues.

Photojournalists are responsible for providing clear, high quality, truthful images, that communicate a meaningful message to their viewers.

Schedule: Freelance photographers get to make

their own hours. Photographers that work for a company

will typically work a 40 hour work week.

Equipment: Camera Multiple Lens Laptop Adobe Photoshop

I personally like this career because of the situations you are put in and the traveling you get to do.

The career still does appeal to me.

I’d change the amount of money photographers make, it would be great if they made more.

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