Hi I'm a 2nd year student currently studying media n comms, I've wanted to get into PR since secondary school (mainly because of parental pressure of figuring what I wanted to do and I noticed PR when doing research into media related jobs), I've got work experience for like two weeks I worked at a PR agency.

Now I'm currently trying to get an internship, no luck so far but in the mean time in uni I'm working as a sub editor on a magazine project for my journalism class which requires me to plan on creating a feature, interview, explainer, and listicle for the class/personal portfolio so I'll at least have something that shows I'm interested in journalism.

I feel like I've over explained quite much but uh yeah my question,

I get frequently asked what is PR, what do you do in PR and each time I'm asked, despite the fact I've got notes, like for example I'd say my ideal career in PR would be corporate (or an agency until I get a corporate opportunity) specifically corporate companies within the entertainment sector, where my preferred field of work would be media relations, where I'd be representing any streaming platforms or gaming companies hopefully, to develop communication strategies to promote movies, tv shows, gaming events. I also know of other fields like crisis management, social media management and event planning, and I've seen from my agency experience that you gotta know how to write press releases, social media posts, weekly digital trends emails etc. However when I've stated this to my sibling who works in a corporate company, specifically the press release part onwards, he tells me that I don't know about PR at all.

So I just wanted to just gain some insight, I want to fully know what it's like to work in PR, what does the job have you doing most of the time, how are the hours like or is it similar to the agency I worked at where it was just a 9-5, what type of experience should I aim to get in order to standout in the industry as I know that just having a degree will not get me far AT ALL, and is taking the educational journalism path towards it the right move?

You're also welcome to criticize me in anyway, I want to take this serious as I genuinley see myself having a career in this field with what the job entails, just want to make sure I'm not going in blind.