text: Hmmm.\n\nFriend of mine was devoted to idea of being a journalist.   Got his first job, then an oil disaster killed 170 people and he was sent to doorstep their families.   He ditched journalism.\n\nBroadcast journalism different, sure.\n\nThe gap in the market: a journalist (broadcast or otherwise) who knows sh1t.   Go get under the skin of some area of knowledge or life - get thoroughly into it - while you follow your plan.   Then, when you're on camera, you'll have something worthwhile to say.   That will make you different.