This day so far has shown me why I am not all-out about journalism. Waking up at 5:30 to eat breakfast and having our group discussions were all good but the real life speaker is what made this day a little bit lame so far.
My fear was that the real life people, the ones that actually make up the journalism field would turn me away from it. Our speaker this morning was Wesley Pippert who was boring compared to Brian Lamb last night. A one hour presentation seemed like eight. He just went on and on about his experiences in journalism and how to twist stories to grap readers attention. This last part is what I did not like at all, I don’t believe that is right to skew numbers and exacerate things to get people to read. Other things should be used such as funny commentary or metaphors instead of twisting the truth.
What we search in journalism is the real truth and how is that supposed to happen when we have leaders in the industry telling us it’s alright to twist the truth? Well I’m now off to the newseum in D.C., maybe that makes this day for journalism a little better. I will post another blog entry tonight after the rest of the events planned.
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