So I'm studying communications/journalism at a community college with the goal of getting into a big research university here in Massachusetts.

I love to write. I want to be an author and provide people with information and insight.

However, I don't think journalism is going to be providing very many jobs going forward and I don't think many of them will be well paying or even interesting to me. I'm incredibly certain I don't want to work in TV news and that I want to work in print, radio, and/or online but I'm really only interested in reporting on certain topics so I was thinking of maybe switching to a liberal arts major that more aligns with my interests beyond just writing/journalism?

The school I'm vying to get into has an urban studies program I'm really interested in and I really think I was to do their master's program in that field regardless of whatever my undergrad major ends up being or at what school but I want to do research in that area.

...but is declaring a major that's somewhat inconsistent with my associate's degree program going to hurt my chances of being accepted or getting scholarships? I'm worried it might make me look uncommitted.

I want to learn more about cities and their different social systems and infrastructure. I want to explore how they're different and how they're similar. I also want to bring this information to the public and make it available.