Rodney

I was a journalism major who left journalism very long after graduating; but I have never regretted the major.

The journalism major taught me how to gather facts, organize them quickly, and communicate them in a way that is both rational and easy to absorb. These are skills that are valuable in practically any field, and almost no one is as good at them as a trained journalist.

So I would recommend the degree in any case, at least if your university's j-school includes a lot of hands-on learning: a daily student newspaper, daily news broadcasts on the student radio or TV station, mandatory summer internships, and so on.

Why did I leave journalism? I wasn't competitive enough, wasn't persistent enough with sources and leads. I could do the job, but it just wasn't me. So you do need to talk to some reporters and free-lancers to find out if this is a job you're really suited to by personality.