I'm in a news reporting class which means I have the wonderful opportunity to write for the infamous...or unfamous Daily Universe. After my first few weeks I have discovered that while blogging and news writing are completely different, there are a few similarities.
One of the major differences is that when blogging I can say whatever I want, whereas with news writing I have to be factual and politically correct. Another difference is that I have to be punctual and have timely deadlines with the newspaper, totally different from the I-have-half-a-thought-so-I'm-going-to-write-something-witty-about-it mentality. But the mail similarity surprised me.
Not a whole lot of people read my blog. Not a whole lot of people read the Daily Universe, much less actually read stories about sporting events that they've already been to or don't care about. So why all the hubbub about facts, deadlines and being PC if nobody is there to read it anyway?
3 comments:
I read your blog cause it's on my blog list so I see every time you update it...which is VERY rare! :p
It totally matters because everything you write is cool. By the way, thanks a lot for being in Russia when I came to visit...my feelings are totally hurt...your parents blew me off to by "all of the sudden" deciding to go to New York! Just kidding...
I realize that used the wrong "to"...I should have said, "...blew me off too, by..."...and I was just kidding, I really don't want you to feel bad, I just want you to know that you were missed...I use the three dots way too much...and I feel I have to explain myself too muchwhen leaving comments because I don't want anyone to feel bad when I was just kidding, but maybe they didn't get that because they didn't hear me say it and couldn't hear my sarcasm or tone or whatever...uh...seriously...wow...
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