Communications, broadcasting, and journalism are closely related fields. In today’s fast-paced information age, all communications professionals need strong writing, visual, and technical skills to clearly and effectively share information with multiple audiences.
The digital communication pathway prepares students for careers in creating, designing, and producing interactive multimedia products and services, including digitally generated or computer-enhanced media used in business, training, entertainment, communications, and marketing.
The journalism and broadcasting pathways are often combined into broadcast journalism. Students in these career programs learn to research, write, and produce news stories or full news broadcasts. Broadcasting career programs also teach the distribution of content via electronic communications.
Vocational-technical schools provide real-world experiences in these communications fields, including in functioning broadcast studios housed right in the schools. These studios and control rooms feature state-of-the-art technology and sets to mirror professional settings. Students gain valuable training and build a portfolio of work that prepares them to enter the industry directly or get a head start on further education.
Students in these programs have won multiple awards for their work, including top placement at film festivals.
Why Communications, Broadcasting, and Journalism?
- Projected growth of about 5,400 openings each year over the decade
- Strong communications skills, especially clear and concise writing, are applicable to just about every job in every industry
- Practice helps refine written and oral communication skills, so employers look for candidates with real-world experience on school newspapers or websites, radio stations, or TV stations
- The media is often called “the fourth estate” because of its important role holding powerful individuals and entities accountable for their actions
Career pathways in this area include:
Advertising copywriter
Broadcast journalist
Broadcast technician
Camera operator
Editor
Filmmaker
Marketing and advertising account manager
Public relations specialist
Reporter, news analyst, or print journalist
Television producer
Writer and editor
For Students And Parents:
To see what communications programs the county vocational-technical school in your county offers, find your school.
For More Information About Careers In Communications, Broadcasting, and Journalism:
O*Net OnLine has comprehensive information on all types of jobs, including surveys that help people find careers they might enjoy.
View videos on career pathways in communications, broadcasting, and journalism:
From US Department of Labor Career One-Stop:
https://www.careeronestop.org/Videos/IndustryVideos/arts-av-technology-and-communications-overview.aspx
https://www.careeronestop.org/videos/careeronestop-videos.aspx?videocode=27302300
Communications, Broadcasting, and Journalism News
Local radio station named Cape May County Technical School District’s 2024 Business Partner of the Year
Coastal Broadcasting Systems, Inc. offers Cape May County Technical School District (Cape Tech) students paid positions in support of work-based learning and professionals share advice both in-station and on Cape Tech’s campus as advisory board members. The ongoing access and mentorship earned Coastal Broadcasting Systems recognition as Cape Tech’s 2024 Business Partner of the Year.
McLaren Engineering Group named by Bergen County Technical Schools as 2024 Business Partner of the Year
McLaren Engineering Group, the northeast division of KCI Technologies, provides valuable professional insight, hands-on learning and real-world experiences to students in the Bergen County Institutes for Science & Technology, part of Bergen County Technical Schools (BCTS). Such dedication earned McLaren the 2024 Business Partner of the Year honor from BCTS.
Career Classroom: Accomplishments of county vo-tech grads validate CTE experience (ROI-NJ)
To mark Career and Technical Education Month this February, the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools released a fact sheet highlighting the value of career and technical education across the state’s 21 county vocational-technical school districts. But, the numbers alone do not capture the full impact of CTE. That is better accomplished through graduates’ own words and their stories of success.