Blogging is a fairly new journalistic experience for me. Being a student who is always searching for a new adventure in the great abyss that we call the world, I want to share my experiences and opinions on issues to those who are willing to give me a chance and hopefully get feedback from those different to me (so pretty please who ever you are - give me a chance). Perplexed Misfits was created by a group of Rhodes University Students who want to express our individual ideas which we seem to think are not mere carbon copies of what the majority considers to be satisfactory, but rather what we regard as students to have importance in this point of our lives.
If I had to summarise how I feel at this point of my life about the world around me, I would have to use the wise words of Pam Durban, "I don't to live in paradise; this world is enough, so broken and so full of promise." The world may seem shattered, with a dog eat dog mentality, where every person is out to follow their due course no matter the costs to those around them, but that's just the tedious view in which all the pessimists like stick their heads in the sand. The world is an exciting ever changing adventure that is too broad for one person to encounter. The world is a place that booms potential, anything - in my optimistic - is possible.
Life is seemingly awe-inspiring, but as to every positive there is polar negative. In my opinion journalism is an art of seeking the truth behind the light and sharing your experience or knowledge with others around you. People view journalism as a scandalous career, but it's easily forgotten that scandal is merely one aspect of journalism. Journalism is writing that reflects thought and research into matters that reporter feels are important for their readers to know.
This why I have chosen to study journalism. It gives me a chance to find out new things abut people, places and events; whether they be good or bad and to share my experience with other people from around the world. Lets face it; we need journalists to provide us with information so that we can know what's happening in the world greater than our own. People are curious by nature and 'news' helps to partially fill our uncanny void of curiosity.
If I had to summarise how I feel at this point of my life about the world around me, I would have to use the wise words of Pam Durban, "I don't to live in paradise; this world is enough, so broken and so full of promise." The world may seem shattered, with a dog eat dog mentality, where every person is out to follow their due course no matter the costs to those around them, but that's just the tedious view in which all the pessimists like stick their heads in the sand. The world is an exciting ever changing adventure that is too broad for one person to encounter. The world is a place that booms potential, anything - in my optimistic - is possible.
Life is seemingly awe-inspiring, but as to every positive there is polar negative. In my opinion journalism is an art of seeking the truth behind the light and sharing your experience or knowledge with others around you. People view journalism as a scandalous career, but it's easily forgotten that scandal is merely one aspect of journalism. Journalism is writing that reflects thought and research into matters that reporter feels are important for their readers to know.
This why I have chosen to study journalism. It gives me a chance to find out new things abut people, places and events; whether they be good or bad and to share my experience with other people from around the world. Lets face it; we need journalists to provide us with information so that we can know what's happening in the world greater than our own. People are curious by nature and 'news' helps to partially fill our uncanny void of curiosity.
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