2.04 Journalism Career

"Journalism isn't just writing," Clara said to the student audience, describing the 'wide scope' of tasks in her typical day. From flicking through social media, keeping up with gossip, and compiling opinions on a recent trend, Clara has a range of articles to present to her readers.

The article, “Get the Name of the Dog: How Thinking Like a Journalist Leads to Better Content”, by Justin Willett talks about how by thinking like a reporter may lead to increasing one’s writing skills. Willett states that if you get a lot of details while not getting too much the reader may enjoy your writing more.

“What inspired me to become journalist is I was always was a pretty good writer. I wanted to write in a field where work would be consistent and I could play a part in spotlighting things that needed to be discuss in society.” stated Hooley. Journalism became Hooley’s life and

When considering a journalist, the first thought is usually a reporter or an article editor for a newspaper. Staci Parks has dipped her toes in both, but today finds herself occupied with online articles and internship applications.

With a passion for learning and discovery journalism is the career best suited for me. In order to learn you have to be willing to go in search of information and go through the process of analysing this information, hence, the discovery of new things not known to the public or myself. This is to say that if there is an unrest in an area and residents are leaving, while law enforcement

In this first chapter, Lamott emphasizes the importance of writing within literature of her former students. She tells about how her students enjoy writing and would constantly seek her advice for finding people who would publish their works. In the beginning, Lamott states that she herself loves to write and gives vivid explanations about her own experiences with writing.

My favorite quote by Ida B. Wells is that "the people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press." To me, this quotes describes the main reason I sought out journalism in high school as an outlook in my daily life. The idea that most of the information we obtain and how we based our thoughts and opinions on comes from media influences. For me, attending a mostly white high school, having the topics of Black Lives Matter movement or any racial topic being discussion drove me to seek the comfort of journalism. Similarly to Wells, I wanted to inform my peers and a larger audience of the issues and the consequences from a viewpoint of a minority race that was not being captured in that setting.

Writing can be time consuming and each author must be passionate in their piece. Vetter explains, “The truth is that writing is a blood sport […] which is why those who are any good at it look older than their contemporaries, snap at children on the street, live alone.” Becoming a good writer takes persistence and patience. As an individual

My journalism classes allowed me to bring more creativity to my writing and forced me to

My journalistic experience has been a learning experience that I have enjoyed. I have been in convergence media for my school for two years, and I don’t regret it at all. If it wasn’t for Ms. Roni Henderson, I would have never discovered what I want to do in life, as quickly as I did. My goals for the future, is to become a video editor for sports(ESPN) or the news. I want to gain so much knowledge that I learn how to expand what I can do to for the whole world to see. Activities I have done in high school includes: Student Government, Cat program(engineering program), Honors English (9th grade), Track, Church League Basketball two years(champions 2 years), bronze on workkeys test, convergence media award, participated in news show events,

Learning to read and write as a child was a big deal in Katelyn Howard’s life. Reading Junie B. Jones, learning her address and tracing letters in her kindergarten class was monumental. Her parents were constantly working with her and pushing her to strive for excellence. She is also continuing to grow as a writer and reader through being enrolled in college. Katelyn is the writer and reader she is today because of the teachers she had, her parents, and the competition she has with herself.

If we are to establish that good writing is made up of basic control of the language that is being written, adherence to conventions of grammar and style, and the ability to present a cogent argument and reasonable support for that argument, I may qualify as a good writer. However, it must be recognized that there is a great deal of distance from simply being good at a subject or task and having developed mastery of the same. Thus, I would argue that while I am a good writer I have yet to cross the threshold of skill that qualifies me as a great writer. Greatness in writing exhibits a level of awareness and development of thought that is rare and hard to achieve. As a product of this class, I would like to find myself closer to that finely

This semester I was surprised by how much I actually learned and developed my writing skills. I was given the opportunity to learn the many steps that it is required to become a good writer. Writing requires a lot of work. It consists of various steps; prewriting, drafting, rewriting, proofreading and publishing. . All of these components are extremely important, and necessary, and will need to be follow to improve student’s writing.

If I did not know anything about journalism, I would have to conclude from the film Shattered Glass that the purpose of journalism is to report the truth no matter what even if the story seems boring to you. Also as a fact checker/editor

Two years and an Associate’s degree later, I transferred to Phillip Merrill College of Journalism (University of Maryland College Park) to study broadcasting. There, I learned the tricks of the journalism trade; how to shoot,