from Amanda's lecture a few points she made remained in my head, they were:
-competitive nature of journalism
-being diligent (perseverance)
-frustration
-barriers (separation) between
* Emotions and objectivity
* Work and self (self examination to see bias)
-experience
* Each story is an experience for you to "jump" into someone else's life
* Big shift from writing fun features to obituaries
IF I were to become a professional journalist, I think I'll have problems with competition (I just always think that I'm "my worst enemy" and I'd like to keep it that way, not as complicated).
Perseverance I can deal with (I'm sort of use to always trying to prove people wrong or see other perspective).
Frustration- I think if one really like his or her work, this type of frustration would be a happy type.
Making barriers would be difficult. I sort of meshed my academics with my activities. Most of the things I do are related in one aspect or another to my major (the saying goes: "kill two birds with one stone).
I agree that each story is an experience that's why I like to talk to different people with different ethnic/cultural background. I get glimpses of their life. I would definitely have a hard time shifting from writing something light to 'dark' (deeper).
Posted by Michael Diezmos at November 7, 2005 1:05 PM