I think being in college and willing to learn puts me in a little bit of an advantage in this industry but people are more willing to give me advice. Probably because most journalist have learned certain lessons the hard way that they want to pass down their knowledge.
One lesson that I continue to learn is how to turn off the human and turn on the journalist. This is not to say that journalist are not human, we feel emotion I promise, but you cannot go into a story crying right away. It does not work that way.
I am going to do a story on Friday about foster kids, who will have their pictures on display at City Hall in Hialeah in hopes of finding a parent. I know I have to turn the human off for this one. It is the holidays, these kids have no stable home and want one more than anything. How can anyone not feel anything. But I have turned off the human before and I promise I can do it again.
I did a story once about veterans looking for jobs. One Army guy only had enough money to last himself and his family a month. An Airman was going into the work force for the first time in 26 years and was scared to death! I am not going to cry, I cried after this story. I couldn't control it, I was like a baby.
Sure this one is going to be hard, but hey these kids will find homes. The kids are safe right now in foster care and from the foster parents I have seen, they are getting a lot of love. Maybe this is a happier event that I thought. It is kids getting a chance at finding a loving home and couples getting the change to pass on everything they have to a child.
Maybe I wont have to turn the human completely off for this after all.
I am looking forward to the story on Friday, wish me luck!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Day Three... oh great we are being sold!
So I hear a rumor that the Miami Herald is up for sale, anyone want to buy a newspaper? And the Sun-Sentinel filing for bankruptcy. Am I scared by all of this.. YES!
I cannot believe that the industry is dying off so fast and that we can do very little to stop it from happening. I keep thinking about what one of my professors told me yesterday- that radio will never die because people will always drive to work. But let's be honest I love print!
Everything about it is fun to me, and I don't think I can give it up that easy, dying or not.
Honestly I don't think that the industry is dead, it is just that those on top do not know how to handle it. They are scared of working the same way for the past... well forever, it is hard to keep up. But I think and know the industry can do it!
When radio became popular newspapers took a huge hit! People were now getting their news from the radio and not waiting until the next morning to read what happened today. Easy solution: newspapers began to run air times of radio shows and working radio in with newspapers. The newspapers survived!
When TV became popular they took another hit! People could watch their news on TV with video and all. Heck radio took a hit too. And just like radio, TV gave people instant news. So newspapers adapted. They began to run the news that the TV stations would air at night, only they would go deeper in an issue and have more details. The newspapers survived!
Now we have the Internet. I think this is the one thing that scared the industry more than anything else! For once the content of a newspaper would be online for the world to see. Anyone could become a reporter and make their news. The industry never jumped on the Internet and now I think that unless they learn how to handle it, it will never come back. And honestly, they have been doing an okay job. Always updating the Web-site is smart, and making news stories relate to those on the Internet is as well. But no, the Internet I guess is going to be the death of the industry. That and whoever had the idea to trade newspapers on the public market!
It makes a lot of sense during a time of good economic growth, but if the market goes down the industry has no money. So smart!
I think that newspapers may be able to handle this, we are not going anywhere. But it is how many will be standing that will be left at the end is the question.
I cannot believe that the industry is dying off so fast and that we can do very little to stop it from happening. I keep thinking about what one of my professors told me yesterday- that radio will never die because people will always drive to work. But let's be honest I love print!
Everything about it is fun to me, and I don't think I can give it up that easy, dying or not.
Honestly I don't think that the industry is dead, it is just that those on top do not know how to handle it. They are scared of working the same way for the past... well forever, it is hard to keep up. But I think and know the industry can do it!
When radio became popular newspapers took a huge hit! People were now getting their news from the radio and not waiting until the next morning to read what happened today. Easy solution: newspapers began to run air times of radio shows and working radio in with newspapers. The newspapers survived!
When TV became popular they took another hit! People could watch their news on TV with video and all. Heck radio took a hit too. And just like radio, TV gave people instant news. So newspapers adapted. They began to run the news that the TV stations would air at night, only they would go deeper in an issue and have more details. The newspapers survived!
Now we have the Internet. I think this is the one thing that scared the industry more than anything else! For once the content of a newspaper would be online for the world to see. Anyone could become a reporter and make their news. The industry never jumped on the Internet and now I think that unless they learn how to handle it, it will never come back. And honestly, they have been doing an okay job. Always updating the Web-site is smart, and making news stories relate to those on the Internet is as well. But no, the Internet I guess is going to be the death of the industry. That and whoever had the idea to trade newspapers on the public market!
It makes a lot of sense during a time of good economic growth, but if the market goes down the industry has no money. So smart!
I think that newspapers may be able to handle this, we are not going anywhere. But it is how many will be standing that will be left at the end is the question.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Day One... well sort of...
A few days ago I found out that I am interning at the Miami Herald. Needless to say that since I am a journalism dork I was nothing but excited when I found out that I got the internship. I am going to be spending one year at the Herald and as an intern I feel as if I should share my life as I hold that title.
So far I am waiting on the internship to start while I continue to freelance for the paper. I am currently working on a story about a record release party for this CD the city of Miami has put out with the help of students from around the county about violence.
It is a great story! The county wanted to prevent the young people from acting violently towards one another. So instead of only doing the traditional AD camp gain against it all they hooked up with this one organization ADMIT. That organization allows students to right music about non-violence and gives them a place to record. They went to schools around the country to produce this album and now have a CD they are giving away to students around the county.
I adore this story because it shows the power and impact that music has on people. Telling people not to hurt one another is one thing, but it is like school. You may not remember but a conjunction is by listening to a lecture but School House Rock, somehow, put it in song form and drove the lesson home.
Now back to writing the thing!
So far I am waiting on the internship to start while I continue to freelance for the paper. I am currently working on a story about a record release party for this CD the city of Miami has put out with the help of students from around the county about violence.
It is a great story! The county wanted to prevent the young people from acting violently towards one another. So instead of only doing the traditional AD camp gain against it all they hooked up with this one organization ADMIT. That organization allows students to right music about non-violence and gives them a place to record. They went to schools around the country to produce this album and now have a CD they are giving away to students around the county.
I adore this story because it shows the power and impact that music has on people. Telling people not to hurt one another is one thing, but it is like school. You may not remember but a conjunction is by listening to a lecture but School House Rock, somehow, put it in song form and drove the lesson home.
Now back to writing the thing!
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