The Running Report
I am a student studying Public Relations at the University of Miami. I was raised under the sunny skies of West Palm Beach Fl. with my four other siblings.
The Running Report (Aoneal) uses Bloggers to connect with peer Bloggers. Join the largest Bloggers Community to follow The Running Report (Aoneal), and build your audience now!
The Running Report ∙ 16 weeks ago
Many years of being in various journalism classes has taught me that the work of a journalist is never ending. They act as a running report, supplying an infinite amount of information and facts that are then supplied to subscribers, readers and viewers worldwide.
Writing is much more than an acquired skill for journalists; I think it is better described as an art. It is an art form for anyone to be able to “sell” the opening paragraph of a story to the reader, piquing their interest while still supplying the most relevant and essential points of a story.
Just as a magician has his secret, so does a journalist. Journalists tend to create their leads based on impact, conflict, prominence, timeliness, unusualness and/or proximity. These six things are what makes news, well news. An article on me could appear in The Miami Herald and could be of news because of proximity and human interest. I am a University of Miami student so I have proximity to the Miami area and I would be of human interest if the article was on one of my, oh, so amazing abilities.
News is an invitation to the reader to learn something new.