Reflection

This is just a small reflection on my semester – more on the PR part of my degree in general than my placement. As I said in my first blog, I came into this semester dreading having to do this unit. Ever since year seven I’ve wanted to be a sports journalist and adding a PR portion to my degree was somewhat of a safeguard at the time. However, the combination of having to look for a placement and only completing PR units this semester has seen me open myself up to the idea of a career in public relations. I mean, the fact that there are full time PR jobs at sporting organisations would still mean I’d be able to centre my career around sport while maintaining a PR career.

Before this semester that really wasn’t something I thought was a possibility. It was probably a combination of ignorance and closed-mindedness but I just didn’t know that much about how many opportunities there are in PR.

That said - I still have a passion for journalism but whether I pursue it or not is a different story. I don’t know about many of you but I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with myself when I graduate. I can only hope I find a career I enjoy whether it be in PR or journalism.

Ultimately, and I’m getting a little reflective here, I hope I can get a job that I look forward to going to everyday. Something that interests me and I genuinely enjoy and if that’s the case then I couldn’t care less about what industry it’s defined as.

Anyway, I hope you’ve all enjoyed your semesters and I wish you the very best with whatever it is you choose to do with yourselves.