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Views on In-dept reporting from a Journalist's point of view

In-dept reporting is taking a different approach in Journalism. Because so many different types of material is needed, it can be overwhelming for the reporters to gather such information and organize it into one article. After interviewing many people and getting different points of views it is hard to keep to one major side. However it is okay to talk about how people feel one way and how people feel the other but sometimes when you do not pick an argument it can get confusing. To which extent do you take what one is saying and back it up by quotes, and numbers when another person is saying the opposite? Sometimes you have to talk about both sides as well. People may be against it but have positive views and others may have negative views but will negotiate.

Weekly each classmate is constantly writing 500, 600, 700 words and it is hard to put it all together and organize each persons thoughts and put it in place of how you're going to write the article. It gets overwelming because theres just so much material, what do you put in and what do you leave out?

Organization is something a lot of Journalists have trouble with, especially the lead. Writing a lead is difficult because for such a long article that first sentence has to carry out all the way to the end of the article, and has to explain what the article is going to be about. Often Journalists want to use a catchy lead but then it doesn't explain what the article is about. It is also good to start off with a story or a scene setter to catch the audiences attention. Journalists want an audience and want people reading their stuff so they have to do the best to make it as interesting as possible.

I feel that for me personally, the in dept reporting gets hard because there is just so much information you have to put in, and so many things that need to be accurate from people/sources and not everybody is willing to admit to certain criteria and let out important information that is needed for the article. It is also hard to get to speak to experts because of availability and deadline.

Upon completion of my article, I found there to be people who either, weren’t giving me their name, or who said they’d get back to me who wasn’t after I’ve pretty much hounded them down. It is hard to finish an article with everything you've wanted in it anyway. I also found it to be hard getting numbers /statistics because of the people who wouldn’t speak to me. I was able to get just enough information to start a rough draft, and I hope I can get more.

I've never wrote an in-depth article before, so this is something completely new for me in the field of Journalism. I wouldn't say I don't like it, I'd just say its something I am not used too. I would just prefer a column or a blog, a profile article, or a how-to. I also enjoy television reporting. After I gain more knowledge on what to put in and what to leave out, and who to speak to and who not too, It will be easier for me and I will get used to it, and want to write more In-dept articles.

The benefit of internships

When internships are offered by a professor, or the career development center, it is highly recommended that students take advantage of that oppertunity, to gain experience in the field. The problem is students do not bother to do so.

Careers that are dying out

Fields like Journalism, Education, and Business etc. are dying out as years go on, because of the economy, yet students still major in them, in hopes that by the time they are done with their education there will be jobs...

Masters degree, important or not?

College students who go further in education are more likely able to get a higher paying job, rather than people who just earned a bachelors degree. This is because it appears that a bachelors is just like a high school diploma in today's society, because of the economy.