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How to separate your career from your identity: Advice from a journalist and psychologist
For many of us, journalism is not just a job; it is a calling. And the high intensity nature of the work of a journalist often means that our job becomes a central part of our identity.
That might be fine when we are loving what we do, but what happens if you don’t anymore? What if you were laid off, or your news organization downsizes and you have to watch colleagues leave while you take on more work? What then? Do you stay in journalism, or pivot to something else? What if these questions and challenges feel like you don’t know who you are anymore?
Many journalists may be asking themselves these very questions, especially after a brutal January when the industry laid off hundreds of our colleagues. But for a vital society, and democracy, we need journalists to continue to do their work.
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at noon ET on Friday, Feb. 16, for a conversation with a journalist and a psychologist on managing your career in a time of media turmoil.
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