Now that I’ve graduated, I’m realizing how much I must rely on my own self-motivation to develop as a journalist.
Without professors or editors telling me what to do, I‘m going to have to figure out how to improve my reporting and writing on my own.
It’s easy to fall prey to the frustration and apathy that can strike you in the middle of a job search, especially with the newspaper market in turmoil.
So I’m following my friend’s example and posting a list of what I need to do.
*Read and analyze news stories every day.
*Learn HTML and CSS- look for a Web site to replace this blog when I do.
*Read blogs about journalism and other subjects that interest me
*Learn how to capture and edit video
*Improve my audio editing and photography
* Freelance so I can still earn clips
* Earn my driver’s license soon
* Talk to people in the area to get story ideas and keep my social skills sharp