At 23 years old, most people are trying to begin their careers, not leave the ones they have already established. In their early 20s, some of my peers are still in school or working necessary, but soul-sucking jobs they hate. Let’s be honest, no one wants to be on the other side of the counter from the old lady cursing at you because your store’s policy of not accepting her … [Read more...]
Journalism Student vs. Professional Journalist: What I Learned After Graduating
I’m young and so is my career. I don’t have a Pulitzer and popular middle school girls have more Twitter followers than I do. But it wasn’t that long ago since I was in school and I’ve learned a few critical differences between studying journalism and getting paid to be a journalist. Most of my experience is in radio broadcasting, so I’m writing this through the lens of a … [Read more...]
My First Story: An Intern’s Intro to the Ugly Side of News
I seriously questioned if I wanted to be a broadcast journalist the first time I shadowed a TV news reporter. I was interning for a local news station for the summer in Washington, D.C. and I had never doubted my career path until that point. I rode in the backseat of an SUV that was wrapped with the station’s logo and call letters. Sitting squished between tripods and … [Read more...]