it's a new year

This year I am pledging to maintain a blog. Hopefully in doing so, I will somehow become more organized in other areas of my life. The big thing on my mind is currently: THE JOB SEARCH.

As a junior in college with 3 semesters left, with 3 internships under my belt, I am still unsure of what exactly I want to do. Journalism is a changing field these days, and I have no choice but to change along with it. Right now I think I would enjoy something in design. Whether it be Web design, magazine spreads, or even ads. Hopefully my minor graphic design will come in handy.

Speaking of graphic design, I just got the Adobe Creative Suite4 for Christmas. Adobe CS4 is the current design standard and I am so exciting to have a personal copy on my laptop. It's the student edition which is about 85% less then the regular edtions with all of the same features and quality. Software is the one thing you should really invest in as students, because the prices only go up, up, up!

With 4 days left I hope to make some progress on summer job searching, as well as a possible job for spring during the weekends.

On a side note, I am anxiously awaiting the BCS Championship game! Alabama vs. Texas.

I am really sad I didn't get to road trip out to Pasadena to support my school, but I have been living vicariously via several friends updates and pictures they've uploaded to facebook. I will however be supporting the Crimson Tide by watching it on a big screen with lots of friends and family!

Until next time

ROLL TIDE

journalism in general

Just went to a "Journalism Jobs" seminar where I actually learned a thing or two about getting jobs in the field of journalism. Sat in for two sessions, Magazine journalism and digital media. Both explained topics like "what employers are looking for when hiring" and "how to adapt in the changing state of media." As I sat there I became increasingly aware that the way I view the world of media is constantly in a state of change, aka the future is NOW. (literally)  The one thing that stood out to me most as the commentators made jokes like "you know you'll never make any money in this field" and student questions were along the lines of "how many odd jobs do you have to do on the side till you actually can earn a living just being a journalist?" was the fact that to be a journalist you must be willing to learn and adapt to ALL types of media. You must follow the trends of the Internet whether it be twitter, facebook, or blogging. To be a "hirable" journalist you must be prepared to be enterprising, work extremely hard (most of the time at odd jobs just to make rent money), have experience, and most of all be ready to take on any aspect of  the media world can throw at you. Therefore, as soon as I got back to my on-campus apartment (which is about as crappy as they come), I created this blog in at attempt to not only sharpen my writing skills, but have some exposure to the online medium of journalism. I plan on posting photos, videos, links to other sites I find interesting, and anything that may be considered in the heading in the direction of a media 'trend'. Hopefully this attempt will give me the experience needed and the chance to see a whole new side of  'new' (which is actually old by now) media and  journalism.