The Sims 3 Ambitions Guide Walkthrough Traditional Careers

Journalism

As a journalist, Sims must chase down the facts not only during work hours, but on their own time, too. Such dedication is as reward in it itself, for the pursuit of truth is the noblest professional of all.

Work Location: Doo Peas Corporate Towers (both towns)

How Hired: Report to business tower, answer computer ad, answer newspaper ad

Work Week: Regular work week, but the week is often augmented by regular opportunities

Salary Progression: Low-paying career at the beginning and not exactly an account-stuffer over time either. Cash bonuses at promotion times are strong, though.

Journalism Career

Level	Position	Work Days	Start Time	Length of Day	Average Daily Pay	Average Weekly Pay	Pension Pay	Metrics for Promotion
1	Paper Boy	M,T,W,Th,F	08:00AM	6	225	1,125	60	Mood, Writing Skills
2	Automated Spell-Checker Checker	M,T,W,Th,F	08:00AM	6	259	1,295	70	Mood, Writing Skills
3	Freelance Writer	M,T,W,Th,F/p>	8:00AM	6	298	1,490	80	Mood, Writing Skills, Stories Written
4	Proffesional Blogger	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	4	301	1,505	80	Mood, Writing Skills, Stories Written
5	Anonymous Source Handler	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	5	482	2,410	120	Mood, Writing Skills, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
7	Weather Man	M,W,Th,F	8:00AM	5	753	3,012	150	Mood, Writing Skills, Charisma Skill
8	Lead Reporter	M,W,Th,F	8:00AM	5	942	3,768	180	Mood, Writing Skills, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
9	Editor-In-Chief	M,W,Th,F	8:00AM	5	1,178	4,712	230	Mood, Writing Skills, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
10	Star News Anchor	M,W,Th,F	8:00AM	4	1,532	6,128	300	Mood, Writing Skills, Charisma Skill, Stories Written

Journalism Tones

Tones	Description
Business as Usual	Perform average job duties
Work Hard	Work hard to increase performance, but adds stress
Take it Easy	Relax at work. Slower performance, but less stress
Practice Writing	Increases Writing skills at work (available at level 1 of the Writing skill)
Discuss News with Co-Workers	Build relationships with co-workers
Meet Co-Workers	Allows Sim to possibly meet new co-workers that have not already been met outside of work
Suck up to Boss	Build relationship with Boss

Benefits and Rewards

Like other careers where a certain skill is in play, pursuing the Journalism career lets a Sim advance their Writing skill while at the office.

Sure, this is to the exclusion of seeking better relationships with the boss or co-workers, but it also opens up more genre possibilities for writing lucrative novels at home in the Sim's spare time.

Joining the Journalism career also allows the Sim to engage in a new type of writing: stories and reviews. This subject only lasts, though, for as long as the Sim holds a Journalism career.

You can write an article at home without doing any research. It goes into your Sim's inventory and generates royalty payment. To create a story or a review, though, you need to do some research.

Rummaging in trash cans is a good way to gather material. So is interviewing a Sim or going to a movie.

Once this has happened, a new interaction appears: Write a Negative/Positive review/story. This does not create an object, like writing an article.

Instead, this goes toward boosting the "Stories and Reviews" metric needed for promotions.

Not every promotion takes stories and reviews into consideration, though. You really need to work on Charisma skill to keep getting ahead. The Charisma skill ranking is an important metric for promotion.

This just adds to the career workload, as you must now juggle improving the Writing skill, improving the Charisma skill, and writing articles outside of work hours.

Fortunately, the work hours in this career are slightly lower than others, giving you extra free time for these career-related pursuits.

When you finally reach the top of the career track—Star News Anchor—you unlock a new social: Tell Intriguing News Story. This social is perfect for situations where you want to boost a relationship with another Sim.