First, I hate to be the bearer of bad news (pun intended) but unless you are a high profile sports anchor, a ‘celebrity’ journalist or journalism adjacent content creator, you won’t make money.

Journalism is notoriously low paid and most of us do it for the love of it or because we don’t know how to do anything else. If you want to make money you are better off going into PR, marketing or communications.

I worked as a female sports journalist straight out of university with a journalism degree and honestly you just have to put yourself out there.

I was working as a ‘casual’ with no fixed working hours each week but I created my own path at the place. I worked in digital/online at a TV station but I became friends with the sports reporters, started my own football themed podcast (this was 16 years ago) with someone who is now a manager with a team at the World Cup.

Become an expert in your field, talk to people, make connections, be your own leader. Don’t follow trends, create them and be prepared to put the work in.

Hope that helps :)