Journalism is arguably one of the most important jobs to have in today’s society. In a constantly evolving, tumultuous, war-torn, corruption-riddled world, the one thing everyone needs is someone to make sense of it. My job is to become an investigative journalist and photojournalist so that I can report on what people need to hear. Journalism is a timeless field that has existed throughout the existence of written language. Whenever an important event occurred, someone was there to write it down and preserve it for generations to come. The first written newspaper in America was Publick Occurrences, which was published in Boston in the year 1690. Since then, we have more than 1400 daily newspapers in the country. Many styles of journalism
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Many of those who reveal corruptions in todays society are demonized as enemies of the state, most famously being Edward Snowden, but also the late journalist Michael Hastings and army soldier Bradley Manning. As technology and access to information have advanced, so has governmental control on the media, which is very controversial in today’s society. This has lead to the persecution of many journalists and others who reveal information about the government that they do not want the public to know. This makes investigative journalism a more dangerous field to go into. But although it may be a dangerous field, it is not necessarily a hard one to get into. With the advancement of technology and the availability of computers and video taking equipment such as GoPros, and the rise of social media such as Twitter, it allows many to become amateur journalists and enter the …show more content…
Even if I have consignment work, that just means I can learn more. Everyday I will be becoming more familiar with what I am already interested in, and getting interested in and learning about what I wasn’t previously aware of. I can travel, see new places, and learn new things and get paid while doing it. Not to mention also helping reveal to the world things that needs to be seen, something that the media is having a hard time with these days. I hope to bring my skills to the field and hopefully forge my own path through the gossip and the tabloids and bring substantial journalism to the table for
Many of those who reveal corruptions in todays society are demonized as enemies of the state, most famously being Edward Snowden, but also the late journalist Michael Hastings and army soldier Bradley Manning. As technology and access to information have advanced, so has governmental control on the media, which is very controversial in today’s society. This has lead to the persecution of many journalists and others who reveal information about the government that they do not want the public to know. This makes investigative journalism a more dangerous field to go into. But although it may be a dangerous field, it is not necessarily a hard one to get into. With the advancement of technology and the availability of computers and video taking equipment such as GoPros, and the rise of social media such as Twitter, it allows many to become amateur journalists and enter the …show more content…
Even if I have consignment work, that just means I can learn more. Everyday I will be becoming more familiar with what I am already interested in, and getting interested in and learning about what I wasn’t previously aware of. I can travel, see new places, and learn new things and get paid while doing it. Not to mention also helping reveal to the world things that needs to be seen, something that the media is having a hard time with these days. I hope to bring my skills to the field and hopefully forge my own path through the gossip and the tabloids and bring substantial journalism to the table for