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Journalism Masters Can Buy Access But Fuel Elitism
- Columbia gave Anna practical training and contacts but she warns such expensive courses can entrench elitism in media hiring.
- She paid for a Rolodex of contacts and notes trainee schemes were frozen during cuts, creating a catch-22 for grads.
OPT Gave A Year But Visa Sponsorship Proved Elusive
- Anna used OPT (Optional Practical Training) after Columbia to work in the US but found visa sponsorship difficult and costly to secure long-term.
- She tried to get sponsorship at Quartz and discovered startups often couldn't sponsor visas, forcing her return to the UK.
Redundancy Forced The Freelance Leap
- After Vice shut down its verticals during a pivot to video, Anna was told not to return and used redundancy to relaunch herself as a freelancer.
- She consciously rebranded from 'unemployed' to 'self-employed' and committed to freelancing full-time.