When change is smooth
We have an advantage being young. We haven't been working in one career for most of our lives. This is a time when we can switch apartments each year, swich jobs if we don't like a certain path, switch boyfriends or states or clothing styles with little discomfort.
But even having been doing one thing for two years (just a blip in our lives, really) it's hard to switch to another path, even within the same field.
How does one get their start in different fields of journalism? What path did you take and how did you do it (writing, broadcast, radio, photography, editing, et al.)?
I am rethinking my journalistic focus, something I'm sure will happen more than once in my life, but it's a difficult task. Even just one or two years of a certain path creates a barrier, and casts doubt.
If anyone's done this, or is thinking about it, please share how you went about changing career paths!