Travel while you work

The moment we hear the word ‘media’, the picture that pops up in our mind is either of a reporter with a mic or a news anchor reading news at studio but media is a lot more than this. 

Travelling is a part of that lot more. Do you remember going to your maternal grandma’s home during school vacations and the excitement you felt inside your tummy for it every time? Have you explored Goa alone while your friends are still making and cancelling plans for Goa trips? Do you feel goose bumps as and when you hear the word ‘Travelling’? Then media is the place for you. Yes, you can be a traveller. Not everyone can go and explore all the places because of various issues like financial, companion, leaves from work and hence they love watching travel shows on television or reading about them in newspaper supplements or magazines and who does the actual travelling for them is a ‘traveller’. Earlier travel shows were just a part of channels like Discovery, Net Geo etc. but today they have become an important part of almost each and every news channel. It has also become a part of media education. A traveller is also a reporter just the one with a different and wider scope. There are a number of media institutes offering degree courses in media so you don’t have to get a degree and professional training separately. All you have to do is choosing the best media institute and get yourself trained. Remember, training is as essential as your will to do this job. You might understand very basic things without training but to know every major and minor and to become a professional traveller you need to get yourself trained. So start looking for the best options available for you.

Meanwhile, here are few points that you should start working on, to develop yourself as a wise and professional traveller:

1. Keep a hawk eye: Wherever you are going, you should observe each and every minute detail that can be new for others. Nothing should escape your eyes.

2. Make notes: Keep a diary and pen handy so you can note whatever you find interesting and important at a place you visit. Learn to summarize detail in short phrases so you don’t have to spend much of the time with your diary.

 3.  Camera: Get yourself some technical knowledge about Camera so you can act as your own camera person. Be self sufficient. Taking a camera person along would not be a good option especially if you are working for print.

4. Writing: Whatever you see, no one can write it better than you even if you explain each and everything to another person. Even companies prefer Self Sufficient employees.

So, start packing your bag!!!