Oh my God! This is a tough task. I think that I really like journalism. But sometimes I feel that I'm not learning too much in the classes. So, that makes me be in a constant crisis. Anyway, by now I think that I'll keep studying journalism.
Well, well, I have to say why I like journalism. First of all, I love to write and I think that I do it well. I love to read. I read novels, investigations, essays... everything! I like to take photos too. Those three elements makes me keep wanting to be a journalist.
I think that journalists have a big responsability in the society. We have to tell the truth to the people. We have to try to show diferent realities to the people, too. Make them go out of their "bubble". I think that the point is to have a well-informed society. So they can make the right choices. Sadly, lots of journalists have forgotten all those things. And they seem to be writing for the "big misters", for the "powerfuls". Most of the time, they're not showing what is really happening. They lie and we all know that.
Chilevisión, for example. Its news bulletin (Chilevisión Noticias) is always full of histories about thefts. They show Chile as we were in a civil war. All that you can see in the news bulletin is blood (and football, of course). And if you ask why do they do that? I have a simple answer: "darling, you have to know who is the owner of that channel and what particular role he wants to be in".
The last things are NOT the tools that a journalist need to have. A great journalist have to be honest, responsable and (dreaming is for free) independent. We have to write orderly. The idea is that people understand us. We have to be creative and have a broad vocabulary.
And well, I like the cultural journalism. I'd be happy writing about art, photography, design and literature. I love to write about psychological matters, too. But, definetly what I love to do is to write about people that gives us a lesson. I love to break stereotypes and to show how magical the life is understanding and accepting our differences.
Ps: Miss Paula: Sorry for not being in the class today. I'm terrible sick. So I preferred to write this from my comfortable bed and not from a cold classroom. See you in class!
Ricardo.-
Well, well, I have to say why I like journalism. First of all, I love to write and I think that I do it well. I love to read. I read novels, investigations, essays... everything! I like to take photos too. Those three elements makes me keep wanting to be a journalist.
I think that journalists have a big responsability in the society. We have to tell the truth to the people. We have to try to show diferent realities to the people, too. Make them go out of their "bubble". I think that the point is to have a well-informed society. So they can make the right choices. Sadly, lots of journalists have forgotten all those things. And they seem to be writing for the "big misters", for the "powerfuls". Most of the time, they're not showing what is really happening. They lie and we all know that.
Chilevisión, for example. Its news bulletin (Chilevisión Noticias) is always full of histories about thefts. They show Chile as we were in a civil war. All that you can see in the news bulletin is blood (and football, of course). And if you ask why do they do that? I have a simple answer: "darling, you have to know who is the owner of that channel and what particular role he wants to be in".
The last things are NOT the tools that a journalist need to have. A great journalist have to be honest, responsable and (dreaming is for free) independent. We have to write orderly. The idea is that people understand us. We have to be creative and have a broad vocabulary.
And well, I like the cultural journalism. I'd be happy writing about art, photography, design and literature. I love to write about psychological matters, too. But, definetly what I love to do is to write about people that gives us a lesson. I love to break stereotypes and to show how magical the life is understanding and accepting our differences.
Ps: Miss Paula: Sorry for not being in the class today. I'm terrible sick. So I preferred to write this from my comfortable bed and not from a cold classroom. See you in class!
Ricardo.-
I'm pretty sure you'll be an excelent journalist! And I agree with you...breaking stereotypes is an enomous job for anybody but I think that journalists can do that and more!!!
Kisses!
Hi Ricardo, I hope you are better. Nevertheless, you are as sharp as usual.
Analyze the following sentences, what is wrong?
- Those three elements makes me keep wanting to be a journalist.
- always full of histories about thefts
- We have to tell the truth to the people.
- A great journalist have to be honest.
- I love to break stereotypes and to show how magical the life is understanding and accepting our differences.
You didn´t include what tools a journalist will need to use in his career in the future.
You get 1 point.