working in the media industry

Most of the people that enter the media industry 78% of them are educated to degree level and 51% of those educated to degree level hold a creative media degree along with only 1% of the workforce have undertaken an apprenticeship. This tells me that not a lot of people make it into the media industry through a apprenticeship and that you are more likely to get into the media industry by having a degree.

 Also it is really hard to make it into the media industry even if you have a degree , it is all about networking meeting people within the industry , showing them your worth as well as becoming their friend, this can help you later on in life , you can be in a position where you want to try to get in the industry and that person that you met within the industry can help you, its not about who you know... it's about who knows you.

I've learnt that becoming a freelance there is more freedom within work, like different companies will hire me to work on particular assignments, I will gain a lot of experience  within different departments along with me getting well paid and me being able to choose when to work, however there is no fixed wage and it can be difficult to manage your money and late payments from clients don't help, it can be difficult to find work.