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My media diet

To be able to pursue the career that I want in Journalism, there are a lot of skills I need to learn and experience I need to gain. I also need to ensure that my media diet is more consistent, and I also need to expand on the things that I read and listen to. I need to focus on consuming other forms of media and news, rather than just online. I need to listen to more radio and read more print journalism.

To keep up with mainstream news, I will read some newspapers daily, for example, the Guardian and the Times. Both of these newspapers will give me different angles, which will help me better understand what is going on in the world. I also check up on the BBC and Sky News websites, so that I can consume some more global news. Some of the magazines that I like to ready every week are i-D and the White Review, because they are a breath of fresh air in my media diet, and always talk about interesting and unconventional topics. One of my favourite things to read is the New Yorker, so I will always make the effort to read this after catching up on the news.

I do not consume much broadcast journalism but would like to start listening to the radio. I will listen to the morning radio while getting ready for the day, and some nights I will put on BBC Newsnight before bed.

Social media is an important part of how we gain information, and therefore I have put together a list of interesting people that I follow on Twitter.

• Tom Harwood – journalist and current reporter for Guido Fawkes
• Alice Aedy – documentary photographer and film-maker
• Daniel Victor – reporter for the New York Times
• John Cassidy – writer for the New Yorker
• Elon Musk – technology entrepreneur
• Jon Snow – anchor at Channel 4 News
• K Rowling – writer
• Donald Trump – US President
• Amy Davidson Sorkin – writer for the New Yorker
• Jane Martinson – columnist for the Guardian
• Jada Yuan – traveller for the New York Times

Option choices

My choice for Year 1 Semester 2 is Introduction to Consumer and Lifestyle Journalism. I am looking forward to this module and think I will really enjoy it, as I will get the chance to practice writing feature articles.

Year 2, Semester 2:

I would choose to go with Specialist Journalism, as I am most interested in International and Travel Journalism or Literary and Long Form Journalism. I think that either of these pathways would help me in my future career, and I think that I would really enjoy them. For my cluster option, I would probably choose Sex, Violence, and Censorship. This module looks very interesting, and I think it would help me improve my skills in analysing and understanding the media.

Year 3:

I would choose the Dissertation, as I would like to choose a topic and do in-depth research about it. I would then choose the module Investigative and Data Journalism.

Work placements

Here are some places that I would like to work at:

World News Media – digital journalism internship

Contact – jobs@wnmedia.com

The White Review – work experience placement to help with the production of the magazine

Contact – thewhitereview.org

i-D magazine – magazine layout or fashion internship

Contact – ukhr@i-d.co

I think, to begin with, I would like to be working in traditional journalism, reporting news at a newspaper or online news site. However, I would only like to do this for the experience and am not sure if I would like to be a news reporter for the rest of my career. I think it would give me some much-needed journalistic skills. I am interested in doing features and opinion pieces. That being said, I do think that traditional public service journalism allows journalists to have a greater impact, which is something that has always been very important to me.

While the idea of being a freelancer has always appealed to me, I do like the idea of going to work at a particular institute. I think I produce better work when I am in a more serious work environment, rather than writing from home. However, I do like the idea of coming up with my own ideas rather than being told what to write by someone in an office.

Growing up, I was drawn to journalists such as Kate Adie and Christiane Amanpour. I admired how they were always on the front lines, watching the action, and then writing about it. Now, I still like the idea of going out into the world and finding great stories to write about. I am interested in production, design, and subbing, and would definitely like to expand my knowledge and gain helpful skills. However, I think I would most enjoy searching for stories, doing my research, and then writing them up myself.

I would ideally just write about whatever I want to write about, and that may be lots of different things. However, I would find it more important to be specialised in certain areas and topics. I enjoy doing research, and I want to be able to tell people things that they do not already know. I think working as a generalist rather than a specialist would not allow me to focus on specific areas and give stories the research and attention that they need.

Matt Thompson said that there are four types of journalist; the storyteller, the systems analyst, the newshound, and the provocateur. I think I am part storyteller and part system analyst. I love writing and am drawn to this kind of journalism, for example, feature writing for magazines. I also like to take my time with my writing and make sure everything is as perfect as it can be.