Journalism has also become a sort of "status" job post-watergate for a lot of Ivy leaguers. The steps from journalism to "media consultant" are pretty small and

Journalism has also become a sort of "status" job post-watergate for a lot of Ivy leaguers. The steps from journalism to "media consultant" are pretty small and there's a huge network effect of 'who you know' coming into play. Going to the same school as a judge or politician can open doors. This is the same way in pretty much all creative fields, though. Museums and galleries are a particularly egregious example. You can start working there for peanuts as a student and find out your fellow student colleagues regularly go to the French Riviera to "recharge" for a weekend.