Tips to become a successful journalist

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By Smriti Tuteja

While a formal degree in journalism can be immensely helpful to fulfill your dream of becoming a journalist, it alone isn’t enough.

Here are top tips that can help students and freshers to become successful journalists:

  • Read more and write more to work on your writing skills
  • Inculcate interviewing skills
  • Build a network of writers, editors, reports, and others that can help
  • Create a portfolio to showcase your skills
  • Enroll in an online internship
Smriti Tuteja

Smriti Tuteja is a freelance content writer and an avid reader. She quit her six- year-long IT career to embrace her love for writing. She writes content across genres and takes pride in her ability to research and carve magic with words.