the makings.
somtimes i get so confused on what i want to do.
i went to DC yesterday for the journalism conference. i hated it. it was very, very political. i expected politics to play a part in it, being in DC and all, but i didn't expect it to be like it was. they were talking about things i had no clue about, mentioning and making big deals out of people i'd never heard of - i didn't belong there. i don't like politics. it bores and angers me. i chose to stay away from that whole arena. i was thrown into it yesterday and quickly fought my way out. i left the conference early and went sight seeing with my parents instead. i'll write more about my trip later.
but, see, this is when i thought newspaper reporting was not cut out for me. then last night, news that wrestler chris benoit died surfaced. it may not seem like a big deal to some, but i grew up watching that man wrestle. i liked him.
all night i was online off and on, hunting down the details of his death. i continued it this morning. i retained the facts with ease and looked into all aspects of the crime. i hunted for every scrap of info i could.
are these the makings of a reporter? a journalist? does a reporter have to necessarily be involved in politics to be good? why does the world have to be about that? am i more cut out for entertainment reporting or just magazine writing? what happened to my pursuit of public relations?
i get really confuse. i don't like it. the end of the wire is in sight and i'm still balancing precariously on it.
i went to DC yesterday for the journalism conference. i hated it. it was very, very political. i expected politics to play a part in it, being in DC and all, but i didn't expect it to be like it was. they were talking about things i had no clue about, mentioning and making big deals out of people i'd never heard of - i didn't belong there. i don't like politics. it bores and angers me. i chose to stay away from that whole arena. i was thrown into it yesterday and quickly fought my way out. i left the conference early and went sight seeing with my parents instead. i'll write more about my trip later.
but, see, this is when i thought newspaper reporting was not cut out for me. then last night, news that wrestler chris benoit died surfaced. it may not seem like a big deal to some, but i grew up watching that man wrestle. i liked him.
all night i was online off and on, hunting down the details of his death. i continued it this morning. i retained the facts with ease and looked into all aspects of the crime. i hunted for every scrap of info i could.
are these the makings of a reporter? a journalist? does a reporter have to necessarily be involved in politics to be good? why does the world have to be about that? am i more cut out for entertainment reporting or just magazine writing? what happened to my pursuit of public relations?
i get really confuse. i don't like it. the end of the wire is in sight and i'm still balancing precariously on it.