Dear Readers,
Doing an internship in journalism is not something I had expected to be doing when I started my college career. It makes sense, given that my first major is Communication Arts, but it is still something that I never saw myself doing. I walked into Gordon having decided a year before to shift my academic aspirations away from law school. With not much else planned, Communications seemed like a pretty safe bet on what to study. I still believe that it is a good field of focus, but I’d be lying if I said the major has a strong sense of direction after college. After all, almost every work field involves communication. This makes it very useful, but at the same time, if every field uses it, how do you know which one to go into?
I added Finance as my second major at the end of my freshman year to help answer that question I was asking myself. It has definitely helped give me a stronger sense of direction after I graduate, with journalism not being part of it. However, part of my Communication Arts program requires an internship in the major, which led me here. I’ve only just gotten started writing for the Tartan, and given that I am a senior, I won’t be writing for it for very long. That being said, I have thoroughly surprised myself with how much I have already begun enjoying writing for this newspaper. The behind-the-scenes of journalism makes me appreciate the field more than I realized, and makes me wish I had taken the opportunity to enroll in the journalism classes offered at Gordon instead of choosing other electives.
I suppose the point of all of this is just to tell you to try things—take opportunities when you find them and keep your mind open to new interests. You never know what you might love until you give it a shot. I’m already enjoying my time at the Tartan and regretting not trying our journalism earlier. Who knows what you might discover about yourself when you approach life with an open mind.
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