Want to be a journalist?
Buy a computer, and sign up to an Internet plan.
It is simple, really. You don't have to get a diploma from a journalism school.
You don't need to apply for a job at your local news organisation.
You don't need approval from anyone.
Ok, who am I kidding. We need to earn a living...
But the point here is, you can experience being a journalist, and if you are good at it, you might even get hired for a decent pay!
You can simply report about something, post it online, with a little sharing on Facebook and Twitter, a fair number of people will read your article! Isn't that what journalism is all about? Reporting about something and people reading it?
Naysayers may say that accuracy is a big issue with online article, as anyone can write something without an editor checking their work, or any consequences of it being a fake report. However, the way I look at it, there is more truth in articles like that!
This is because of the same fact that no truth needs to be concealed, there is no partnership with any company; hence, there is no conflicting interest, and there is absolutely no filter.
Sometimes, people get sick and tired of news reporting when it is simply truth and totally non-opiniated. We human being crave for emotions. We want to see a reporter react like the way normal human beings do. Let's be honest, we like to read an article where the writer feels the same way as us.
It is in the midst of all the emotions that we see truth and worthy news in my opinion.
Ask yourself this question, when you want to read a review of a product, would you go the official website, or would you rather read a review on a forum by someone who has used the product?
You don't need to apply for a job at your local news organisation.
You don't need approval from anyone.
Ok, who am I kidding. We need to earn a living...
But the point here is, you can experience being a journalist, and if you are good at it, you might even get hired for a decent pay!
You can simply report about something, post it online, with a little sharing on Facebook and Twitter, a fair number of people will read your article! Isn't that what journalism is all about? Reporting about something and people reading it?
Naysayers may say that accuracy is a big issue with online article, as anyone can write something without an editor checking their work, or any consequences of it being a fake report. However, the way I look at it, there is more truth in articles like that!
This is because of the same fact that no truth needs to be concealed, there is no partnership with any company; hence, there is no conflicting interest, and there is absolutely no filter.
Sometimes, people get sick and tired of news reporting when it is simply truth and totally non-opiniated. We human being crave for emotions. We want to see a reporter react like the way normal human beings do. Let's be honest, we like to read an article where the writer feels the same way as us.
It is in the midst of all the emotions that we see truth and worthy news in my opinion.
Ask yourself this question, when you want to read a review of a product, would you go the official website, or would you rather read a review on a forum by someone who has used the product?
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