What has your job done for you today?
Out of my own personal curiosity, I decided to consider what being in journalism has caused to happen in my life so far.
Really interesting stuff:
+ I rappelled off a four-story fire tower. I'm scared of heights.
+ I played a role in getting a reporter for the Los Angeles Times fired for alleged sloppy reporting and ethical lapses.
+ I've gone a 20-mile chase with a photographer looking for a felony traffic stop. In a blue van. We found it, too.
+ I've placed in the top 20 in the Hearst National Journalism Awards program. Twice.
+ I went to a national convention in Las Vegas with all expenses paid (except for what I lost at blackjack), and in the process ate at an awards luncheon that included sturgeon caviar.
+ I drove a fire truck on a road course. Kicked ass too, in my humble opinion.
Just-missed really interesting stuff:
+I had full firefighter gear on and was moments away from walking into a burning building when CDF got a call to respond to an actual fire. Shoot.
Other details of note:
+ I spent 10 weeks pursuing a story on horseback police. Jokes flew around the newsroom about my "trot-along" and that I had purchased chaps for the story. Not true, by the way.
+ I manage to tick off a county supervisor and chief administrative office in the same day by screwing up on long division.
+ My first reaction to being told by an editor that a story I wrote might have helped prevent a strike was to get pissed.
+ I've covered sporting events in football, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, rugby, lacrosse and fencing.
+ My first newspaper story was published after the promise of extra credit from my yearbook teacher Mrs. Jefferson if it wound up being printed. Oddly enough, I was getting an A in yearbook anyway.
Really interesting stuff:
+ I rappelled off a four-story fire tower. I'm scared of heights.
+ I played a role in getting a reporter for the Los Angeles Times fired for alleged sloppy reporting and ethical lapses.
+ I've gone a 20-mile chase with a photographer looking for a felony traffic stop. In a blue van. We found it, too.
+ I've placed in the top 20 in the Hearst National Journalism Awards program. Twice.
+ I went to a national convention in Las Vegas with all expenses paid (except for what I lost at blackjack), and in the process ate at an awards luncheon that included sturgeon caviar.
+ I drove a fire truck on a road course. Kicked ass too, in my humble opinion.
Just-missed really interesting stuff:
+I had full firefighter gear on and was moments away from walking into a burning building when CDF got a call to respond to an actual fire. Shoot.
Other details of note:
+ I spent 10 weeks pursuing a story on horseback police. Jokes flew around the newsroom about my "trot-along" and that I had purchased chaps for the story. Not true, by the way.
+ I manage to tick off a county supervisor and chief administrative office in the same day by screwing up on long division.
+ My first reaction to being told by an editor that a story I wrote might have helped prevent a strike was to get pissed.
+ I've covered sporting events in football, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, rugby, lacrosse and fencing.
+ My first newspaper story was published after the promise of extra credit from my yearbook teacher Mrs. Jefferson if it wound up being printed. Oddly enough, I was getting an A in yearbook anyway.
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