Journalism is magical... Or not.

So, I am admittedly still new to writing journalistic writing and somehow I used to view it as something like this:

For the longest time, I thought of journalism as something magical and super easy, but guess what? It's not. I can't have a pad of paper that writes notes for me or moving pictures on the cover of my paper.  I guess blogging is a little bit like the Daily Prophet (gifs are super cool, right?).  However, this is sadly not Hogwarts and I'm not Rita Skeeter (I guess that's a good thing...).

In reality, it's a little more like this:

I've noticed that deadlines are far more strict and call for quite a bit more effort than what I'm used to writing (fiction, poetry, and research papers), but I am thoroughly enjoying it.  I love the challenge.  I think that once I write a story and see my hard work on paper, I'll feel much better.  I am really excited about the topic I'm writing about right now (Allied Whale at COA and their winter efforts) and have come up with two awesome possible topics for other stories in the coming weeks.  And, as I write, I just received an email confirming an interview for my article that I'd been a little nervous not getting... So, yay! (I almost put another gif in, but perhaps that would be too much? I'm thinking yes.)

So, basically, I'm loving this class and this new writing style, despite the workload.  It's a stretch as a writer and it's super fun.