E-mail this pageCareers in Journalism
Our graduates pursue successful and diverse careers.
Newspapers
- News reporter at the Utica Observer-Dispatch
- Senior editor at United Media Syndicate in New York City
- Police reporter at The Daily News in southwest Utah
- News reporter, associate news editor, and a page designer at Press-Republican in Plattsburgh
- Sports editor and graphic artist for the Syracuse Herald Journal
- Copy editor and features editor at the Ithaca Journal in New York
- Business reporter at The Monitor in McAllen, Texas
- Reporter at the Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska
- Photojournalist for the New York Post
- Copy editor and page designer for the New Haven Register in Connecticut
- State editor for the Roswell Daily Record in New Mexico
- Crime and court reporter at the Lockport Union Sun and Journal in New York
- Reporter for the Post-Star in Glens Falls, New York
- Crime reporter at the Bradenton Herald in Florida
- City editor at the Jacksonville Daily News in North Carolina
- Reporter for the Schnectady Daily Gazette in New York
- Reporter at The Saratogian in New York
- Copy editor and reporter at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Editor of The Northern Light in Bellingham, Washington
- Page designer at the Albuquerque Journal in New Mexico
- Sports reporter at the Journal News in White Plains, New York
- Reporter at the Lake Placid News in New York
Magazines
- Beauty Director at Harper's Bazaar in New York City
- Editorial staffer with People in New York City
- Beautity Director at Latina in New York City
- Assistant Editor at Beauty Biz in New York City
- Editor at Water Technology magazine
- Reporter at Financial Week magazine
- Senior editor at TWICE magazine in New York City
- Reporter at Dealing With Technology magazine in New York City
- Freelance reporter for Ultimate Grappling, Boxing Digest, Full Contact Fighter and Fighter's Only magazines
Other Positions
- Producer/Writer/Editor for CBS's sportsline.com
- Editor of Lake Champlain Weekly in Plattsburgh and author of a book on the Underground Railroad
- Author of An Inside Job, a New York Times best-seller that first exposed the savings and loan scandal
- Community Relations Manager for Barnes and Noble in Boston
- Technical writer for IBM and BRS software
- Editor and co-owner of The Redline Report, a national hockey publication
- Editor at Air Force Times in Washington, DC
- Reporter at Carribean Life in Brooklyn
- Paginator at Creative Loafing, an alternative weekly in Atlanta, Georgia
- Editor of a health newsletter in Washington, DC
- Assistant Communications Director for the Michigan Attorney General Some graduates chose to attend graduate school before beginning their careers:
- Syracuse University
- University of Missouri, Columbia
- Nortwestern University
- University of New Mexico
- University of Oregon, Eugene
A Growth Field
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of writers and editors is expected to increase 21 to 35 percent more than for all other occupations through the year 2010:
"Employment of salaried writers and editors for newspapers, periodicals, book publishers, and nonprofit organizations is expected to increase as demand grows for their publications. Magazines and other periodicals increasingly are developing market niches, appealing to readers with special interests.
"Also, online publications and services are growing in number and sophistication, spurring the demand for writers and editors. Businesses and organizations are developing newsletters and Internet websites and more companies are experimenting with publishing materials directly for the Internet. Advertising and public relations agencies, which also are growing, should be another source of new jobs.
"Demand for technical writers and writers with expertise in specialty areas, such as law, medicine, or economics, is expected to increase because of the continuing expansion of scientific and technical information and the need to communicate it to others."
Plattsburgh State Career Development Center
Our Career Development Center provides services, resources, and programs designed to help students and alumni to better understand the career development process, and to enhance their professional preparation and employability.
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
If you would like to learn more about the Journalism Department at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact
Shawn Murphy
Chair, Department of Journalism
Co-Director, Center for Communication and Journalism
Office: Yokum Hall 103-A
Phone: 518-564-2422
Fax: 518-564-2105
E-mail: shawn.murphy@plattsburgh.edu