You as a journalist
What is the story of one journalist becoming a journalist? What are the ways to reach the press? Do journalists have their favorite topics and their favorite stories? What is the secret to a successful story? How to find "your" topics and how to connect them with journalistic work? What character traits are good for a journalist? What to do to get better? These questions are answered by young journalists:
TV3 reporter/editor Joonatan Pärn
Delfi journalist Grete Volmer
TV3 video reporter Karmen Mai Karus
Photo: Silver Siilak
Joonatan Pärn
TV3 reporter/editor
I have studied journalism as a bachelor's degree at Tallinn University's Institute of Baltic Film, Media and Arts and obtained a master's degree in contemporary media. I work daily as a reporter-editor at the entertainment portal TV3.ee.
Karmen Mai Karus
TV3 Videoreporter
I am a determined and cheerful creator who is attracted by the integration of fine arts and their synthesis. During my life I have been exposed to visual, sound, spoken word, dance, theater and visual arts, and at the moment my life mostly revolves around film, theater and television.
Photo: Henri-Kristian Kirsip
Greete Palgi
Delfi journalist
I am 28-year-old Greete Palgi from Võru County, and I have been working as a journalist for almost eight years. I have mediated local events in Sakala and Tartu Postimehe, but for the last five years I have been solving pan-Estonian and international problems in Delfi. For the past year, I've been working as a data journalist for Delfi's investigative editorial team, digging into the world of numbers and documents.
Kareen Kink
Keila Youth Newspaper
Kareen is an activist in her school as well as journalist in the local youth news paper in her small hometown Keila. Kareen has curiosity and open mindedness that benefits every journalist as well as good communication and cheerful personality. She is also editor of many of the videos on this website.
Practical exersices
1. Here is a small exercise that will help you think about yourself as a journalist and analyze both your interests and personal characteristics that could help you be a better journalist. You can save the worksheet and fill it in on your computer or print it out: File to download
2. Imagine that you have studied to be a journalist and you start applying for a job. Create a journalist CV where you mention your strengths, interests, previous experience and skills and of course your data. Feel free to illustrate your CV as well, so that it invites others to read more. Template to download.