The Road to Success...

The course of Journalism will prove almost invaluable over the next three years, the knowledge we will attain will help us in our quest to be successful Journalist, during discussions we have learnt about what it takes to be a Journalist, one of them being curious and inquisitive and the willingness to question the 'norm'.

I have also learnt the threat the Journalism industry faces, the idea that good old fashion Journalism has begun is dissipate to the detriment of the public and we as future Journalist are facing some form of extinction, we have learnt that the industry has also become very commercial and what was once a job which required time and effort, with an amalgamation of sources, interviews and other forms of evidence to make a story is now considered to be a job with unrealistic deadlines which takes away a lot from the Journalist.

We have already embarked on different Journalistic task such as going round the campus to collect stories and present them to the class, this task involved a group of us interviewing the students on the Brunel Campus, we interviewed them on their financial status and what their expectations of university, although this was quite small scale it gave us an idea of what the world of  Journalism is like, it showed us it requires confidence and determination.

The first lecture was very interesting as we learnt a lot form the lecturer about the world of Journalism, we were also shown a video which again helps to enlighten us.

It is to my advantage to continue attending lectures and learn more about the world of Journalism or 'churnalism' as it was referred to by the journalist in the video.