Reflection

Journalism Reflection 2013-2014

            The Creative Journalism course that I took this year was a fun and interesting new experience.  I learned many new things and experimented with many components of the ever-increasing communication field.  We have done things like PSA campaigns with press releases, commercials, photojournalism and currently documentaries.  My favorite unit and project we have done was the photojournalism unit and photo essays.  I really connected with my topic because it was about my grandparents and the church that they were married in.  I feel like my photos turned out quite beautifully for my first try at photography.

            Another one of the projects I enjoyed this year was writing my 1,000-word article on education throughout the world.  Again, this was another topic that I feel strongly about.  I feel like American education needs serious reform, and soon before our country falls behind in certain ways on a global scale.  It took quite a bit of research to complete the article, but I am glad that I did.

            Overall, I feel that Creative Journalism has helped me grow as a person and a student.  As a person it has taught me how to be a little more dedicated and hardworking when seeing my projects through to the end.  As a student it has bettered my academic writing and researching skills.  I feel like I have grown and accomplished many new things this year in Creative Journalism.