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Mo’s Career Path
HOW TO BECOME A BROADCASTER ON TELEVISION
My Career Goals

I want to become a broadcaster on television by whenever I finish
the education required

To get there, I will need to:
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Graduate high school by June 2019

Attend some sort of university or college
What is a broadcaster on
television?

A broadcaster on television is someone who reports about current
news
1. I will be researching a lot
2. Speaking in front of a camera often
3. Reading scripts and teleprompters
About my future career

This job is done in a building

The salary range can go from $40k to $100K

This job doesn’t tend to have specific hours, it just depends on what
time your part is airing on television
My job has a 10.2% chance of becoming
automated

It wont be automated because people are required to
report news to the public

But cell phones and mobile apps could mean that a lot
of people wont watch the news
I am not quite ready for this career,
but I will get there!

These are skills for the job I still
need to learn:

Learning how to be quick
This is how I will get those necessary
skills:
This is what appeals to me with this
career…
I
love talking about current events
 I’d
 Its
like to be apart of the media industry
simple to do
These are some things I find less
appealing about this career…
I don’t find anything less appealing
Potential obstacles to getting this
career

The possible obstacles:

Limited job opportunitiues

Being politically correct all
the time

My plan to overdo
obstacles:

Stand out and work harder
than the rest of the people
The training/education required for
my career is:
The
minimum education required
for most entry-level broadcasting
jobs is a bachelor's degree
I intend to go to BCIT for that
career
3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby,
I would take Broadcast and
Online Journalism
Diploma
2 year program
$12,000

Financial Plan
I
am going to pay for my program
by working a job and might get
some help from my parents
High school courses required
Two years of education in English in
an English-speaking country with
one of the following:
English 12 (67%) or
3.0 credits of post-secondary
English, humanities or social
sciences (67%) from a recognized
institution
Working in television is awesome!!!

I’m excited to be apart of the media industry, im excited to meet
people that ive grown up watching on TV, and im excited that this is
something that I want to do.