last blog :( :)

Finally! Summer is almost here! Reporting was one hell of a class, and i learned a lot! Although, i thought i couldve done a lot better. If i had put more effort into the class, i probably wouldve aced every assignment. But as an amateur journalist, reporting was tough, especially when i tried to attempt to capture all sides of the story. It's hard to tell if you have covered all sides of a story because some details are often forgotten or overlooked, and i had to constantly ask myself new questions in order to see the larger scope of things. It was hard trying to talk to lots of people here and there, but once i found a sound source, writing became easier because i had more information to work with. As a young woman, i often feel it's hard to find a source who is willing to talk me without thinking im going to give them my number or something. I feel like although it helps to have the feminine charm, i might get more information or different information if i were a male reporter. But maybe im just crazy and rambling.....

What's most difficult is trying to talk to someone and make a real connection without sounding generic or impersonal. But sometimes its easy to slip into that mode in order to be time efficient.

I'm glad i covered North Beach. It's at the far end of the city and on the other side of town from where i live, so going back and forth to that neighborhood helped me learn a lot about the city and its neighborhoods. Being in REporting class also helped me get to know the city better since i moved here last August. I have learned that it requires a lot of drive and will power to be a journalist. Reporting is also very important, because no one else is doing it. People seem complacent and unwilling to do things to change, but many are taking action to move policies, and reporters are just the type of people to uncover all the dirt that some others may try to sweep under the rug. It's not easy being a reporter, in fact, it's really hard! But it's so much fun to gather facts and synthesize them for the public to read and inform themselves. What would we do without reporters?!! We'd be in a dark age without knowledge and communication of it. And knowledge is power!