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joyful_molly made me do it
Feb. 23rd, 2009 07:57 pmComment to this post with 'comment!' and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.
Since I asked for it, she gave me five things, and I shall elaborate:
Journalism - In the strictest sense, not my intended field. About the only thing I had in common with this 19 years ago was I like to write; journalists write. In fact, after my first freshman assignment for the college paper, when my article was ripped to shreds by the editor and pasted back together with more quotes she'd gotten and had attributed to me, I told my roommate, "Boy, am I glad I don't have to go through this every week." I decided I was going to be a lawyer and set about taking Latin and other applicable classes, but eventually I just couldn't see going into that much more debt and three more years of school; so I decided I would write. Something. ANYTHING. Mom heard through the grapevine the newspaper near her was laying off a reporter and might need a new one, so I set up an interview, and voila! 15 years later, still at it after various trials and other short-lived careers (someday I need to make a post about all the jobs I've had). Journalism's changed a lot in that time - hell, anyone with a blog and an opinion can call themselves a "journalist" these days - but I prefer to think there's a certain skill to it that you get by learning from old-time fire and brimstone editors. Like the one I had.
( The other four are under here )
Since I asked for it, she gave me five things, and I shall elaborate:
Journalism - In the strictest sense, not my intended field. About the only thing I had in common with this 19 years ago was I like to write; journalists write. In fact, after my first freshman assignment for the college paper, when my article was ripped to shreds by the editor and pasted back together with more quotes she'd gotten and had attributed to me, I told my roommate, "Boy, am I glad I don't have to go through this every week." I decided I was going to be a lawyer and set about taking Latin and other applicable classes, but eventually I just couldn't see going into that much more debt and three more years of school; so I decided I would write. Something. ANYTHING. Mom heard through the grapevine the newspaper near her was laying off a reporter and might need a new one, so I set up an interview, and voila! 15 years later, still at it after various trials and other short-lived careers (someday I need to make a post about all the jobs I've had). Journalism's changed a lot in that time - hell, anyone with a blog and an opinion can call themselves a "journalist" these days - but I prefer to think there's a certain skill to it that you get by learning from old-time fire and brimstone editors. Like the one I had.
( The other four are under here )
