SACRAMENTO – California’s dire and ongoing budget predicament is raising a tough – and touchy – question about the state’s finances, one that some at the Capitol do not want discussed: Is California bankrupt?
Well, a semester of journalism has gone by. It was pretty fun, but kind of hard at the same time. I liked how for practically each issue we waited until the week before the paper came out to start working on and turning in our articles.
I have to say, the reason I took journalism in the first place was to just have a chill class. It’s pretty chill for the most part, but definitely not as easy as I thought it would be. First off, I didn’t know we would have to edit our articles so many times before being printed. And secondly I didn’t know how hard it would be to actually get stories to write about. I’ve written stuff for all sections except, so I’ve gotten a little taste of all the kinds of stories that go in each section of the paper.
So far this year in journalism has been an interesting and enlightening one. I have to say I kind of like being a reporter more than being an editor because you get to do more field work instead of like paper/office work type stuff – for lack of better comparison. You’re more involved I guess, you get to talk to people. Or maybe that’s just me.
Anyways, for the second semester I plan to keep up with assignments, most definitely beat reports (although, to admit, Administration is kind of boring). I also want to try and write more stories. Other than that, I still want to have fun; after all it is my last semester of high school.
