I grew up in a democratic family and I am grateful to have open-minded parents who have always encouraged me to follow my dreams and allowed me to be independent, responsible and to take my own decisions. The reason that I major in journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is that I have wanted to become a journalist, since I was little. When I was in primary school, our teacher asked us to watch Xinwen Lianbo, or News Broadcast, the most influential daily news program produced by CCTV in China. Moreover, we had to note down two pieces of news that interested us as homework. Since then, watching and reading the news have been part of my daily life. And I am a very persistent person; my passion for journalism has never diminished
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Both of my parents work in government, they often share their thoughts and opinions on some political news and social issues with each other at home. Because of being influenced by them at a very young age, I gradually acquired an interest in a wide variety of news topics and subsequently learned to access news by using various news platforms. More importantly, the experience of learning from a friend of my father’s, a veteran TV anchor and journalist in my hometown, Taiyuan, the capital of North China 's Shanxi province, gave me much exposure to the journalism field when I was in middle school. Along with him, I toured the TV stations in the city, observed the production of news programs and learned the fundamentals of working in a newsroom and reporting. It was he who initiated me into the professional areas of the television and journalism industry and introduced me to the stories of many famous TV anchors and journalists at home and abroad. Meanwhile, with the help and guidance from him, I began to write some articles and got them published in our local newspaper as well as getting paid for the first time in my life. These experiences were important factors in my decision to be a journalist and study journalism at BFSU …show more content…
However, by interning at CNN Beijing Bureau, I have gained a deeper understanding of broadcast journalism and made up my mind to be a broadcast journalist in the future. Besides, unlike my previous experience in journalism, the five-month internship with CNN also provided me with the opportunity to reflect on the situation of freedom of the press in China and experience the bittersweet feeling of being a journalist. I still remember when I first conducted vox pop interviews with CNN camera man Charlie. We wanted to know what Beijing citizens thought of the large-scale anti-corruption campaign launched by the Chinese government. But, to my surprise, few people were willing to express their views, because it was a so called sensitive topic in their minds. I felt very disappointed at my first vox pop experience and especially about the fact that people do not trust the media, the foreign media in particular and dare not do speak before them. In fact, I believe that if China is more open to foreign media, they will get to know more about China and consequently help foreign readers get a better sense of the real China, not just the problems facing the
Both of my parents work in government, they often share their thoughts and opinions on some political news and social issues with each other at home. Because of being influenced by them at a very young age, I gradually acquired an interest in a wide variety of news topics and subsequently learned to access news by using various news platforms. More importantly, the experience of learning from a friend of my father’s, a veteran TV anchor and journalist in my hometown, Taiyuan, the capital of North China 's Shanxi province, gave me much exposure to the journalism field when I was in middle school. Along with him, I toured the TV stations in the city, observed the production of news programs and learned the fundamentals of working in a newsroom and reporting. It was he who initiated me into the professional areas of the television and journalism industry and introduced me to the stories of many famous TV anchors and journalists at home and abroad. Meanwhile, with the help and guidance from him, I began to write some articles and got them published in our local newspaper as well as getting paid for the first time in my life. These experiences were important factors in my decision to be a journalist and study journalism at BFSU …show more content…
However, by interning at CNN Beijing Bureau, I have gained a deeper understanding of broadcast journalism and made up my mind to be a broadcast journalist in the future. Besides, unlike my previous experience in journalism, the five-month internship with CNN also provided me with the opportunity to reflect on the situation of freedom of the press in China and experience the bittersweet feeling of being a journalist. I still remember when I first conducted vox pop interviews with CNN camera man Charlie. We wanted to know what Beijing citizens thought of the large-scale anti-corruption campaign launched by the Chinese government. But, to my surprise, few people were willing to express their views, because it was a so called sensitive topic in their minds. I felt very disappointed at my first vox pop experience and especially about the fact that people do not trust the media, the foreign media in particular and dare not do speak before them. In fact, I believe that if China is more open to foreign media, they will get to know more about China and consequently help foreign readers get a better sense of the real China, not just the problems facing the