The single attribute most likely to make the difference between the success and failure of a journalistic career is the ability to bring in original reporting: hitherto-untold stories that editors want to commission and readers want to read. I’d advise that journalists wanting to write about the topics you refer to (I feel I’m better-placed to advise young journalists than young EAs) think about them in those terms. As an editor, I’m less interested in commissioning pieces on interesting topics than I am in commissioning original treatments of interesting topics — especially when those treatments involve new reporting.
The single attribute most likely to make the difference between the success and failure of a journalistic career is the ability to bring in original reporting: hitherto-untold stories that editors want to commission and readers want to read. I’d advise that journalists wanting to write about the topics you refer to (I feel I’m better-placed to advise young journalists than young EAs) think about them in those terms. As an editor, I’m less interested in commissioning pieces on interesting topics than I am in commissioning original treatments of interesting topics — especially when those treatments involve new reporting.
P.S. If you are asking on your own behalf, then: good luck!