I actually happened to find the first day of Communications 239: Principles of Journalism to be very interesting and informative. A lot of what was discussed in class pertained to the class schedule, how the class works, and what we would learn from the class. The class consists of primarily broadcast and print journalism-oriented people, as well as a few political science majors. I fall in the realm of print journalists, and I am very excited with how this class has already pointed me in the way I want to go for my career.
How might you ask, has one little class of "Principles of Journalism" helped me already know what I want to do? Well, Professor Campbell explained that Comms majors who have an editing minor have many more doors open to them than just regular Comms graduates. One of these doors is to have an "in" with LDS Church magazines (see here). I have always thought that I would love to work for or intern with the church magazines, and I have even considered declaring an editing minor previous to this. However, right after this class, I came home and signed up for the first class for the editing minor....so here it goes!
As far as current events go this week, Mitt Romney was officially named as the presidential nominee for the 2012 election. In Utah, our Cougar football team won it's first season football game against Washington State and the Brigham City temple opened it's doors for an open house. And as far as this class goes, I am excited to get to know my fellow students in the class, to learn more about the field of journalism, and to start on the path to my life as a journalist!
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