When people ask me what my chosen
major is I always get quiet a few weird looks. For me it is easy to tell them
that I want to be a Journalism major. I love journalism and have always loved
it since I was a junior in high school. This love developed out of the skills I
found I possessed when it came to photography. Freshman year in high school I
decided to take a photography class and saw what I could create which lead me
to enter photography competitions through out my high school career. I won a
few and placed second in others, this got me thinking “maybe there is more to
this? “as lame as this sounds I thought there was some kind of sign that these
skills were giving me. I quickly learned that my brain works a little
differently, what I mean, not to sound crazy, but I can look at certain things
and see how to make them into a good photograph. To me this both a curse and blessing
sometimes. I love having it either way. I always want to develop these skills and
really hope to keep them for a long time. Hmmm my mind is starting to wander.
What to write! Ahhhh I have an idea! To me journalism is a way to express
yourself through pictures and a story. I currently work on the campus paper and
hope to find a job working with a newspaper or other printed media. I don’t
know why I find this field so interesting. I think it is because a lot of
people can see the work that it took you hours or days to produce and get
finalize but your staff. The staff effort is also what draws me to the field
even more.
