A career in journalism? Don’t even consider it

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I recently did a careers event at a secondary school, talking to teenagers about the highs and lows of a life in journalism. Speaking alongside me was a newspaper journalist I’ve known for years so before we got started I asked what she was going to tell the eager young audience.

“I’m going to say ‘don’t even consider it,’” she said firmly. “There are ha…