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!
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