This upcoming semester marks my senior year of school at Brigham Young University. In a year from now I will be graduated and on the search for a full time job. These past few years have been a huge learning experience for me and I feel I have really come to understand my role as a journalist in this day and age.
I have known that I wanted to be a journalist since I was a young girl. My creative outlet has always been writing and as I grew up I loved watching the news because I wanted to know what was happening in the world around me. I took my first journalism class when I was a junior in high school and I fell head over heals for journalism! In that class I learned that the role of a journalist is to inform those around them so that they can make informed decisions. Journalism became not only a creative outlet but a way that I could serve my community and help people. This past semester, however, it became even more than that. As a journalist it is my role to inform the public so that they can make informed decisions. Many times this takes the form of exposing lies to the public or warning the public of danger in their community. There is so much terror in the news and it can be scary to see the world in this state, but among all the bad in the world is glimmers of hope and rays of light! There is good in this world and it is my role as a journalist to inform the public of the hope that still exists out there. As a journalist it is my role to tell the inspiring stories of those around me and shed light on the good people are doing in the community. My role is to promote the freedom of information and use those rights to bless the community and the world that I live in. I know this world has a lot of crazy in it, but there is still so much good and I really believe that people need to know about the good that is happening. The hope and help that is out there. I don't know how I am going to show this good in the world yet, but I know that it will be my goal my whole career to shed light on the positive in the world! I am sure a project will pop up in my head soon enough. If you have any ideas that you think I should try feel free to let me know! A photo project, a video project, a story or a podcast, etc. Leave a comment and let me know of any ideas that you might have. This is just a brainstorm session so no idea is dumb or a waste, I promise. Most great ideas are preceded by a not so great idea, so give me what you got!
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