At first I was lost and confused about which topic to cover now that I am part of newspaper production. I never thought the simple task of looking for a topic that I am interested in and writing about would be so difficult. That is until I decided that I would cover the story on the fitExpold that was held recently on campus. I finally discovered that I liked writing about health and about new ideas that people can consider when making decisions about healthy eating habits and also about fitness activities.
Initially I was very interested in writing about politics and issues pertaining to the distribution of financial aid within the city of Riverside. I thought it would have been quite fascinating to keep people informed about the decisions that our local city council members made in regards to the changes that were made in the city itself. I think I would still be interested in covering that topic, but I still don't know which topic would be more interesting for me to cover.
I am the kind of person that is widely attracted by a series a things rather than by one thing, so it is very hard for me to base my decision on my interests now because I know that along the way I will become interested in writing about many more things.
As time passes by I think it would be very important for me to write about various topics so that I can finally decide and focus on one beat. I am still a bit confused about features, news, perspectives and other topics and what all those things entail. It is the first time that I am involved in writing newspaper style other than the practice I received while taking the course on intro to journalism, in which I learned many of the things that I am going over now. I guess that class was essential because now I am actually using all that I learned there for actual production of the articles I write about.
To this point I would say that the beat I want to follow is focused on health, but then again I also love culture and politics so it is a very hard decision to make. Hopefully I will find what I truly want along the way.
Good choice.
ReplyDeleteThats wonderful that you are focusing on health and fitness. More people need to read about that! And i also have to admit that I like many things and not just one. So it makes choosing beats difficult. Great Job!
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