You know I say this with all due respect, seriously:
I normally would not advise that someone attends Journalism school. When I was in high school, actually when I did the HOBY program as a 15-year old, they had a panel of journalists who ALL said "You do not need to go to journalism school." They said to major in a liberal art or even some other subject we were interested in, become an expert, and have that be your "hook" as a journalist, say Economics or International Relations.
HOWEVER,
I think that because of your topsy-turvy path toward completing school, I think you would be well served getting advanced study in journalism, if not for the technical reasons and portfolio building, but because you truly need a strong cohort around you and strong connections in the field.
I advocate Howard so you can be close to me and because I know you would enjoy the HBCU experience again.
And because I think it's about time Howard had a Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist called NinjaPoodle.
