This semester has been my first of university and after a year off after high school it was a shock to the system. On the first lecture for JOUR1111 I can remember Bruce Redman telling all of us about our assessment pieces for the semester and what we would be studying. I'm not going to lie, I was daunted by it. Particularly as to this blog. We had to reflect back on our lectures each week and post online! Serious?! I'd never looked at or made a blog before this one and I was pretty nervous about it at the start. I can remember sitting at the keyboard not sure what I should be writing. Reflecting on lectures was one thing, but then putting personal stuff on as well?
Well as you can probably see over the months I've posted a lot of random thoughts/ things that have interested me while I've been undertaking journalism. This blog has turned into a diary of sorts, or a place where I can write down my thoughts on whatever I feel like. It has become so much easier as I've become more comfortable and familiar with it. I even know how to upload video clips on here now! This was something that had me stumped for a while.
What else have I learnt since I started journalism? I've met some really great people in this course and had a lot of fun doing the Factual Storytelling Exercise. I've also learnt there are so many branches of journalism: investigative, photo, political, scientific, international. There are several that spark my interest already. I am thinking my dream job would be to work as a science journalist for National Geographic or something similar.
I have also become more aware of how journalism is evolving through technology and what a huge influence this has. Not only do we find journalism in newspapers, radio and magazines, but endlessly online! The new Web. 3.0 is the next step in journalism's evolutionary journey. News travels faster than fire these days. As fast as the click of a mouse and there is an ever growing audience of like-people to contact.
I'd really like to thank all the people who have helped build this course into a very enjoyable and interactive introduction to journalism. The lecturers, tutors and fellow peers have helped give me a great grounding in what will be an exciting few years ahead!
Lastly, I'd like to reflect on my most vivid memory during journalism. It was during one of my tutorials with Ali Rae. We were covering the topic of ethics in journalism and she brought up this picture:
This photograph really made me think about my morals and what would I have done in Kevin's place? There is no right or wrong answer. Do you have ethics as a journalist that are different to your ethics as a person? I still don't know if I have the answer to that question. The discussion in our tutorial afterwards was fascinating to me. Hearing different people's opinions. Should Kevin have saved the child? Should he have not photographed the scene? Should he have waited for the vulture to come closer? I have thought about it many times since!
Once again thank you to everyone involved in organising JOUR1111!
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