Over the past two weeks, I have made significant progress on my Senior Project. I turned in my first article and started my second one. I interviewed people for my second article about Golden Retrievers and wrote the rough draft. I do have a bit of a problem with my second article. Since it required interviews and some people were not in town when I wanted to conduct them, I kind of fell behind. Writing about five dogs is a lot of information, so I was unable to turn it in by the due date. However, I came up with another idea, so I would not fall behind on my goal to get two writing pieces published in the Courier. My mentor suggested that I actually could publish one of my short, short stories in the magazine, and it would be just as important as an article. That was what I did. I consider this a good idea because it can help address my essential question: how does journalism differ from creative writing? I am still going to finish the dog interview, but it just won’t get published in the October edition. It will be published in the November edition instead.
Over the past two weeks, I learned there is a lot of productivity and communication involved with journalism. I have to interview people and conduct my own research. Unlike other careers, it is more of an individual activity than a group one. Individual activities require a lot more work. Time management is very important, and so is research. Communicating with other people, such as the editor, is required in a career like this. Although journalists do communicate with other journalists and people working for the magazine or newspaper, for the most part, it is still an individual activity.
My next steps will be to finish my dog article so it can be published in the November edition and to come up with ideas for my upcoming series of articles. When I meet with my mentor again, she will continue teaching me about editing and pictures. She will also instruct me on why pictures are crucial when writing an article or conducting research for it.
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