Long-term career contemplations

HISTORY is something that has always fascinated me. Just thinking about my career path today and thinking, an eventual shift towards history would be a sure-fire way to advance my career long-term while continuing to incorporate all of my learning into something active.

As a journalist, this is an easy task. Stories can range from any topic and more often than not my diverse educational background makes it much easier to access research behind a subject.

A magazine with a niche focus on history seems like a natural goal in light of this. It would be an easy succession to an experienced, investigative news journalist and would also utilise a knowledge base profoundly nurtured in academia.
Furthermore, my love of language and ability to easily adapt in new cultures could prove a vital asset to this direction. My second language is Spanish, I have a general grasp of French and now have vowed to learn at least basic Arabic over the next couple of years. I have also lived and travelled on four continents.. at age 25.

Now a little personal history. At age 10 I wanted to be an archaeologist and then at age 13 I reassessed my values and determined instead I wanted to be a palaeontologist. History was also my first selection as a major in college until that changed to sociology and then journalism. At this stage, I have done a complete 180 degree turn and now realise my path almost undoubtedly digress into that direction.

So you see, history is smelted in my blood and is part of my existence. Fortunately, I was reading through several blogs today and saw it is not vital to have a PhD or even a seemingly crucial degree in history to become a writer historian. In fact, journalism may accidentally prove to be one of the best access routes into the field of "investigative researcher and travel writer historian".