Gettin this journalism thing down!

g09m7425 Melissa Moss

Read a lot, learn a lot, and write extraordinary stories, a lot! Like the saying goes, “A reading journalist is a good journalist! “I believe this is a very true statement. As a journalist, you have to know what is going on in the world all the time. If you are not aware of currant events and information you are more likely to publish material that is not necessarily true, based on your ignorance of the world around you. I am also a strong believer in the saying, “Do not trust anyone”, when it comes to Journalism and getting the story right that is. You cannot base you story on what a friend of a friend of a friend heard, because we are all human and sometimes like to add our five cents in here and there. You need to go straight to the source and extract your information first hand, which ultimately ensures that your news will be based on hard fact. This blog aims to reflect the material, us (first year journalist students), are taking in, and discuss it in ways that will help us understand it. Our blog aim is to make students aware of what news sources can be trusted and how to go about gathering information for stories. If your experience in first year journalism has been anything like mine, I bet you are suffering from a bit of whip-lash. All the writing and deadlines can leave you feeling slightly bewildered. I hope that our blog will be a place that first year journalism students can come and share their experiences and struggles. Hopefully their struggles can be resolved and their lives enriched by the encouragement and input of other first year journalists.
We live in a forever changing world, with break throughs in technology nearly everyday. This means that the ways in which we communicate with each other are not the same ways in which we communicated a hundred years ago. Journalism is no longer limited to news papers, tabloids, and magazines. There are all kinds of exciting new possibilities in which journalist are able to express their talents and passion for writing and reporting. We hope that our blog will enlighten students to experiment and make use of the new multi media possibilities and opportunities available in the journalism sector today. In all aspects, we would like to think that our blog will make our target audience better rounded journalists.