Journalism and liberal arts

Journalism
Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. Journalism can be distinguished from other activities and products by certain identifiable characteristics and practices. The purpose of journalism is thus to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.
Liberal arts
A liberal arts education is not intended to train you for a specific job, though it does prepare you for the world of work by providing you with an invaluable set of employability skills, including the ability to think for yourself, the skills to communicate effectively, and the capacity for lifelong learning.

Studying Journalism and Liberal Arts

• Major skills of thinking and writing will be earned. I may sounds easier but it comes with time studying the way other people think and write, writing a lot, and a deep knowledge of culture and history. You don't get that from one class, or a pure engineering degree.
• Be able to do things that machines can't do in a service economy. The job that require interaction with people need Humanities majors, usually who are people and word-friendly, have something of an advantage over many engineering majors. Empathy, sociability, writing, analysing, and reacting to people all things are more likely to come from the humanities.
• You learn to explain and sell an idea, and actually deal with people; the humanities are the study of people. Regardless of whether it's history or literature, it’s one of the best ways to figure out how to understand and relate to people, and use language to convince them of your viewpoint.
• It pays off in the long run. So skills that persist, like the ability to reason and write, may be a better bet over the long term than something narrowly tailored.
• Stand out from the crowd - People inevitably respond to financial pressure. Studying the humanities is a way to get ahead of the curve. Also, combining the liberal arts with a degree of technical know-how helps. A journalist, marketer, or manager who can code, or at least speak the language, stands out a lot more than yet another new developer hire.
• It's the one kind of education you can't get better and cheaper online. You're in pretty good company. Everybody will be secretly jealous of how well-read you are

Courses

There are differences in the particular subjects included in liberal arts degree programs at different institutions. However, the liberal arts spectrum is generally accepted as covering the following fields
Humanities – includes art, literature, linguistics, philosophy, religion, ethics, modern foreign languages, music, theatre, speech, classical languages (Latin/Greek) etc.
Social sciences – includes history, psychology, law, sociology, politics, gender studies, anthropology, economics, geography, business informatics, etc.
Natural sciences – includes astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, botany, archaeology, zoology, geology, Earth sciences, etc.
Formal sciences – includes mathematics, logic, statistics, etc.

Trend in Job Market

iberal arts students are more likely to be focusing on learning as much as they can about the world around them, which opens up opportunities across many industry sectors.
Academia: the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills gained from a liberal arts education will lend an extra dimension as you explore, research, and/or teach a chosen subject.
Art: photography, commercial art, painting, interior, graphic and visual design
Education: pursue additional qualifications to become a teacher, where you can use your breadth of knowledge to help a wider range of students, or to teach a wider range of subjects.
Interpreter: liberal arts students learn at least one foreign language, which can help you become a qualified translator, transcriber or interpreter, become a foreign language teacher or journalist, or work in the tourism and travel industry.
Marketing: whether you choose advertising, promotions, public relations, journalism, news editing or copywriting, the humanities subjects you covered will help you understand people better, while your communication skills will help you be better understood.