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Slow day at the office, thought it would be a good time for my first post (lurking since ibankingoasis).

Full Disclosure, not at an MBB nor a management consultant.

Anyway, I graduated from a target with a non-traditional major, so when I was "networking" I often sought out those with majors like history, English, etc. I would always ask how they addressed their major during recruiting. The best answer I got was from a history major, and I think applicable to your situation. He used to tell recruiters, " ...as a history major it was my job to aggregate large amounts of data and then analyze that data, factoring in things like environment, to form a conclusion. As a consultant, that is the crux of what I will we doing."

I think you could modify that apply to business journalism. At the end, just throw in something about how the skills you acquired (lot of data--> what's important) are transferable but you want to be be making corporate strategy, not reporting on it.