Class Reflective Report

Throughout this semester, I have been able to watch myself grow not only as a photographer, but as a journalist. I believe my class feature profile was the best piece I did throughout the semester. The mistakes I made were understandable, things like grammar, or forgetting to paragraph for the quotes. I did a nice job giving details and making the story interesting. I gave specific times and places which added to the story nicely. I asked enough questions to write a good story, and I picked a good topic to ask about. If I were able to redo it, I would have added more quotes. Although my class feature profile was good, a piece that needed a little more work would be my teacher feature profile I did over Mrs. Nussbaum and her love for running. In this piece, I strayed from the original topic, and failed to have enough information. While my story was about running, I converted the interview to her teaching career. I can see now that I did not complete the task that was given to me. If I were able to redo it, I would ask my interviewee more questions. That way, I would have had enough information to continue on the right topic. Due to not having enough information, I …show more content…
I want to equally be as good at writing as I am with photography. I hope to be able to write interesting and informative pieces. To meet my goal, I am going to read a lot more news articles. I believe that studying them and the way they're written will help me improve. I will look at all the different writing styles, and choose the best one for me. If I see others being successful with their writing, I think it will help me become successful in mine. It will give me the inspiration I need to become a better journalist. I'm also going to put more time into my writing pieces. A good piece is not something that is thrown together within a day. I am going to dedicate my time into improving my writing and making sure I'm doing a good