Professor Robertson the Sheriff!

Sunday Feb. 11, 2007 (Blog #3)

Last Wednesday's class, by far, was the best yet. The class got to see Robertson transform into a loud and angry sheriff of Modoc County and I’m not going to lie, I enjoyed the class and how I actually felt like a real reporter/journalist attending a press conference in the actual building. I was ready to get writing: my ears wide open, my hands awaiting the first word I was about to write…..DUDE I TOOK THIS ASSIGNMENT SERIOUSLY AND WITH EXCITEMENT TOO! I truly wanted to produce a well written story, according to the inverted pyramid structure of course, but yes nonetheless I wanted to write a solid, clear and concise news story in which not only will I grab the reader’s attention with my 1st grabbing/summary sentence, also called the “lead,” but also keep my reader’s retention throughout the beginning to the end. I also paid close attention to quotes and details of what happened and what was said because like what Professor Robertson said, you NEVER want to write false information or misquote someone………O DANG THAT'S A HELLA BIG NO NO! I also enjoyed the interaction between the class and the sheriff in which a script was read from! Overall, I feel I accomplished all that in a nutshell and I think I did a pretty darn good job. Let’s just hope professor thinks so too. My goal is to become a better and stronger news writer as I continue to take this class. I REALLY love news writing. It’s a great form of writing! Since I first started to write for my school newspaper during my senior year in high school, then in freshman year at my prior university, and now…..well now I no longer write for USF’s newspaper, the foghorn, because I am heavily involved in what I am more passionate about and what my future career is all about, speech/broadcasting with “USF TV,” however, USF TV and my courses for my major, especially this journalism class, encompasses some of my main passions/fortes, which are writing and of course, SPEECH/PUBLIC SPEAKING/BROADCAST! Journalism is a great field which consists of so many opportunities to choose from. We will each choose different paths within journalism and even in the media studies field and I know that whatever our choices are, they will be the right ones for us!

AHHHHHH JOURNALISM [sigh]…SUCH A COMPETITIVE, DEMANDING AND EXCITING FIELD TO GET INTO! THE MEDIA ROCKS!!!!!


OH AND ONE MORE THING, RELATING TO THE FIELD OF MEDIA, ALL OF YOU PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO…………….WATCH USF TV! WE HAVE A GREAT BROADCAST THIS MONTH. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!