jobs adjacent to journalism
For those of you that have left journalism and returned, what did you do in the mean time did it serve you/teach you at all? How'd you leverage that experience when applying for jobs in journalism again?
I work in news right now but I'm thinking of leaving. Recently signed a lease so I'm stuck in the area for at least a year or so. While I believe journalism is for me long term, my current job is making me hate reporting and I don't know how much longer I can stay in it.
(I wrote this to be more information but in reality it's more me lamenting) I'm working in local news at a paper right now and I'm miserable. I don't get along with my coworkers. My editors tell me what we do doesn't matter much because nobody reads it (this is a favorite refrain of theirs when I'm asking follow ups about editing— I'm not even three years into this career and I'm just trying to understand/learn) and don't really seem interested in supporting me. This is my second job and the first one I really enjoyed— I feel like I understand what conversations between reporters and editors can be like and what I need from those talks. But at this job it feels like at LEAST once a week I'm seriously considering leaving the industry in its entirety.
And yes, I'm aware of how terrible the job market is in journalism and overall. I'm looking and applying anyway.