The reason I started this blog was twofold. One, I need to do it for class (Thanks Jen!), therefore it was apart of my final grade. However, I've always wanted to voice my opinion about news coverage. I occasionally yell at the TV and computer, much like my dad does at sporting events. Everyone has a point of view, and I wanted another outlet besides my best friend Emily (another journalist) to vent out it. But the task of a blog seems so daunting! And then I remembered... there are no real "rules" to being a blogger. Blogging is what you make of it.
More often than not, I believe blogs have to be these long thoughtful articles. And then I actually read blogs, and I realize that it's not like that at all. I think of the blogs I read on a semi-consistant basis -- the entries are often a few paragraphs. This made me think of some advice my high school journalism teacher told us about writing... At a certain point the reader will stop reading unless they have a vested interest in the story, so you have to get your point accross in the first three paragraphs anyway. My first glimpse of writing concisely!
My new goal: blog once at least once a week. Hopefully, I can vent here more and save the time with my friend for more important topics: where the heck are we going to get jobs?!
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