{"id":2634,"date":"2017-02-28T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:53:18","slug":"huwritenow-communication-design-students-seek-answers-inspiration-leading-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/huwritenow-communication-design-students-seek-answers-inspiration-leading-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"#HUWriteNow: Communication & Design Students seek Answers, Inspiration from Leading Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Office of Career Services and the Office of Marketing and Communications at Habib University hosted an interactive informational session for HU students with leading broadcast journalists Maria Memon from ARY News and Zarrar Khuhro from Dawn News. The session was geared toward students interested in pursuing a career in journalism and was held at the Soorty Hall on campus. <\/p>\n

The session began with Maria and Zarrar outlining their respective career paths, talking about the things they learned as they embarked on their careers, and then quickly moved on to take answers from the audience.<\/p>\n

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They both discussed how they had not had any formal education in media, and learned on the job under excellent mentors. The audience mostly consisted of Communication and Design (C&D)<\/strong><\/a> majors interested in working in news media, all whom were eager to gain practical, real world advice about entering the often messy broadcasting industry. On the topic of mentoring, they talked about how they are always looking for young people to work with. \u201cA person who is learned, who gets things done, who probably knows even more than me, I would really treasure him,\u201d Maria said. <\/p>\n

Maria spoke about her experience as a woman in broadcasting, discussing how the glass ceiling prevents women from climbing further up the ladder, and noted that the lack of women bureau chiefs in the industry is because of a lack of focus. <\/p>\n

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\u201cCommunication skills, communication skills, communication skills!\u201d Zarrar exclaimed as he outlined how universities need to prepare students entering the field. \u201cJust write something, find an interesting angle on an issue, submit it to a blog, do the work!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd read a lot,\u201d Maria added. \u201cYou have to do your research.\u201d They both vehemently agreed that young people need to take initiative to get noticed and make a mark in the field. \u201cYou have to be persistent,\u201d Zarrar colluded, saying that you have to do the grunt work and do it for years before you get noticed. <\/p>\n

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Shayaan Malik, a second year C&D student was enthused by the session, \u201cThis was one of the most interactive sessions at Habib University because students had a lot of questions. People were genuinely interested because this is a field we want to get into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fizza Chughtai, a Sophomore C&D student also appreciated Maria and Zarrar\u2019s insights: \u201cWhat I liked about both of them was that they gave us straight, blunt, and honest answers. I really felt like they told us about how the journalism industry works and how to get into the industry.\u201d <\/p>\n