Journalism as a discipline...

A journalists life...Books and research :)

When I first signed up for a Journalism and creative writing degree I was in a little bubble. I thought that if you had the passion to want to write and the knowledge of how to string words together then it was an easy discipline to learn...By the end of my second year I know this to be false hope...

Don't get me wrong I still love Journalism as an art form but I now know that it is something you have to really work hard to master and I have such respect for all journalists working in the field on a day to day basis.

I have learnt so many useful skills such as how to design my own magazine front covers and double page spreads as well as being able to create a newspaper layout which takes such creative skill to perfect.
As part of my web-based Journalism training I created a blog based on something I could write a lot about, which at the time...was things that I could complain about as little things can sometimes get under my skin...I enjoyed writing the blog and spent numerous hours a day dedicating time to the sculpting and writing of that blog: http://rambling-hormonal-bag.blogspot.com/

I can now find, research, write-up, interview and take photos that all relate to news stories that I had to produce as part of my course and I found it one of the hardest things asked of me over the past few years.

Over the course of the News day training I built up the confidence to go and find not only one story a week but two or three and had the courage to approach the ringmaster of The Circus of Horrors and ask for an interview. It was one of the most enlightening moments of my life, it really made me feel good about what I was doing...

Journalism isn't just a career, it is a carefully sculpted way of writing to influence, inspire and brings a new way to get information out into the public sector...I love it!

Victoria V.L. Walker