This essay sheds light on how to become a journalist, explicates how to be highly successful as a journalist, and elucidates how to earn revenue as a journalist. While becoming a journalist may seem be an eminently cumbersome, expensive, time-consuming, and daunting undertaking, it is viably possible to become a journalist. While becoming a journalist may seem be an eminently cumbersome, expensive, time-consuming, and daunting undertaking, it is viably possible to become a journalist. Much to the relief of prospective journalists, it is possible to become a journalist in a time span of less than half of a decade and the journey to become a journalist is not as lengthy as the journey to pursue certain other occupations, such as the occupations of a medical doctor or attorney. The pathway that a prospective journalist can follow to become a journalist is fraught with challenges that are not a cinch to surmount. It can be arduous to fulfill the duties of a journalist. Journalist skills are highly desirable skills to possess. As of January of 2021, only an infinitesimal fraction of one percent of the global population are employed as journalists. in the U.S., for instance, less than 73,000 work as "news analysts, reporters, and journalists" even though the U.S. population is comprised of over 328,000,000 people as of January of 2021. As of January of 2021, less than .022% of people in the U.S. work as "news analysts, reporters, and journalists". This means that out of 4,494 random people in the U.S., about only one person at most would be employed as a "news analysts, reporter, or journalist" as of January of 2021. As of January of 2021, it was estimated that there were more medical doctors and attorneys as an aggregate in the U.S. than journalists in the U.S. even though it takes far more years to fulfill the ample mandatory requirements to become a medical doctor or attorney than it takes to fulfill the mandatory requirements to become a journalist. As of January of 2021, there are no mandatory requirements that need to be fulfilled for a person to become a journalist. As of January of 2021, the economy is unequivocally in dire need of more journalists, especially since they are able to produce articles and broadcasts appertaining to newsworthy stories. Journalists garner information about newsworthy stories and subsequently produce articles and broadcasts about the newsworthy stories. People are eager to ascertain information about newsworthy stories and rely on journalists to furnish them with information appertaining to newsworthy stories in the form of articles and broadcasts. Being informed allows intriguing newsworthy stories allows people to divert their attention away from honing on real-world stressors if the intriguing newsworthy stories are interesting enough to retain their attention. Journalist should aim to captivate their readership by producing insightful articles about eminently intriguing newsworthy stories. Articles about stories do not need to be characterized by insipid banality. Journalist are not limited to producing articles and television broadcasts appertaining to newsworthy stories. Journalists can also produce videos, live stream broadcasts, radio broadcasts, and podcast episodes appertaining to newsworthy stories. Live stream broadcasts appertaining to newsworthy stories can be broadcast via live streaming platforms. Videos appertaining to newsworthy stories can be uploaded to social media platforms. Videos appertaining to newsworthy stories can be uploaded to podcast hosting platforms. Radio broadcasts appertaining to newsworthy stories can be broadcast via a radio station. In the 21st century, there are myriad of disparate ways in which a journalist can disseminate information appertaining to newsworthy stories. Freelance journalists are not limited to furnishing their service offerings to an infinitesimal clientele. Journalists can be "self-employed and work on a contractual basis". Freelance journalists are able to work remotely, customize their own schedule, and furnish their service offerings to clients from around the world. There are a myriad of disparate types of journalists. Some of the ample disparate types of journalists encompass "broadcast journalists, sports journalists, entertainment journalist, trade journalists, opinion journalists, and investigative journalists". The competencies can vary from journalist to journalist. It would ultimately behoove a prospective journalist to explore the various journalist career paths so that he can ascertain what specific type of journalist career is the utmost befitting journalist career for him to be pursuant of for years on end. The role of an entertainment journalist can, for instance, involves investigating newsworthy events in the entertainment industry and subsequently producing articles appertaining to newsworthy event in the entertainment industry.