Friday, November 29, 2002 :::
 
Blogs has served other journalists well. I think it could serve me well also. What better way to learn then to document what you have done? To talk about sources. To talk about stories. Whatever is connected or even remotely connected to the world of journalism.

It's scary. Admiting to the world that you really don't know what yo'ure doing. Showing your faults. But then again, it's my chance to learn from my mistakes by seeing them. I guess perhaps I'm hoping that other young journalists read this site and think. "Well, that was dumb, I'm not going to make that mistake." Because yes, it's great to learn from your mistakes, but honestly it's even greater to learn from the mistakes of others!

What am I'm afraid of? I'm afraid my writing ability isn't to the standards of others. I'm afraid of being caught, being considered a fraud in the business. I'm afraid someone is going to show up and say, "You're not really a journalist! You've been faking it all this time." Well. That's the rollercoaster ride.you work on a story. You call a source. You don't get the source. The person refuses to talk to you. The person can't stand you. You forgot to ask the right questions. The university president dodges your question. You're staring at a screen, afraid that the story your editor has asked you to do won't even be reatively closed to done. Then when you have all the information, the words doesn't come out. You change your lede at least twice, if not MORE, to make it perfect.

Well, folks, It's all in a day's work. The key is to handle it.

This blog will serve multple purposes.
1.) to showwhat's going on in my journalism career.
2.) to show the coolest stuff out there in journalism. (cool websites, stories whatever)
3.) to show whatever comes up.

I hope you enjoy. Next time some backgraound. If you have any suggestions,please e-mail me at hoangmp@wku.edu

::: posted by mai at 10:13 PM

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