The Sims 3 World Adventures Guide Essentials 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 profession of all.

Work Location: Doo Peas Corporate Towers

JOURNALISM CAREER

Level	Position	Work Days	Start Time	Length of Day	Average Daily Pay	Weekly Average Pay	Pension Pay	Metrics for Promotion
1	Paper Boy	M, T, W, TH, F	8 AM	6	225	1,125	60	Mood, Writing Skill
2	Automated Spell-Checker Checker	M, T, W, TH, F	8 AM	6	259	1,295	70	Mood, Writing Skill
3	Freelance Writer	M, T, W, TH, F	8 AM	6	298	1,490	80	Mood, Writing Skill, Stories Written
4	Professional Blogger	M, T, W, TH, F	8 AM	4	301	1,505	80	Mood, Writing Skill, Stories Written
5	Anonymous Source Handler	M, T, W, TH, F	8 AM	5	482	2,410	120	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
6	Investigative Reporter	M, W, TH, F	8 AM	5	627	2,508	120	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
7	Weather Man	M, W, TH, F	8 AM	5	753	3,012	150	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill
8	Lead Reporter	M, W, TH, F	8 AM	5	942	3,768	180	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
9	Editor-In-Chief	M, W, TH, F	8 AM	5	1,178	4,712	230	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill, Stories Written
10	Star News Anchor	M, W, TH, F	8 AM	4	1,532	6,128	300	Mood, Writing Skill, Charisma Skill, Stories Written

JOURNALISM tones

Tones	Description
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 skill at work
Discuss Latest News	Build relationship with co-workers
Hang with Co-Workers	Build relationship with co-workers
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 develop a new genre for writing at home: stories and reviews.

Stories and reviews are selected from the computer interaction list, just like choosing to write a novel.

It does not take nearly as long to write a story or review as a novel, and no royalties are awarded for completing a story or review.

However, writing stories and reviews are essential for promotions.

If you want to reach the very top of the career track, you must spend considerable time outside the workday creating articles at home.

These stories and reviews go into the Sim’s personal inventory and are recognized at work.

To get the material for writing stories and reviews, you must interview Sims around town.

You should also visit the stadium to see sporting events and stop into the restaurants.

These three things give you plenty to write about—but they take time to attend, and that’s on top of the time it takes your Sim to write the story or review.

At least visiting the stadium and going out to eat is a good mood boost, so there is a nice side benefit for taking the time to do your research.

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 careerrelated 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.