> Glad to see that there are actually some people on this
 > echo who I still
 > remember, and who may remember me, in fact!
 
Now how can you say that?  You're unforgettable.  ;-)
 
 > I'm now in my second of three years at college for journalism,
 > and if I must
 > toot my own horn, and I know I must, 'cuz ain't no one gonna
 > do it for me,
 > I'm doin' a pretty darned fine job.  Writing for the school
 > paper, both
 > print and web, every week keeps me pretty gosh-darned busy.
 
Journalism?  Not bad.  When you win the Pulitzer, we can all say "ah but we 
knew him when...."
 
I continue to subscribe to too many horse magazines, and lurk here on the 
echo, instead of doing something useful like really taking riding lessons.  
You know you've subscribed to too many horse magazines when you start getting 
a bazillion letters asking you to subscribe to magazine A (which you already 
get), which obviously came from being on magazine B's mailing list, and vice 
versa.
 
So what kind of writing tickles your fancy the most?
 
Journalism can be one of the most interesting things going.  If you're doing 
feature articles, for instance, you have an automatic excuse to do any kind 
of research you want, and an in to talk to all sorts of fascinating people.  
It's amazing what people will tell you if you say you're writing an article 
on something.  Only actors have it better, because they sometimes get to hang 
out with their subjects for months on end.
 
On the other hand, most of the journalists I tend to meet are the guys who 
want to come in, pick my brain, and have me tell them all the stuff they need 
for their article, with hardly so much as a thank you.  I dislike being 
pumped for information for an article somebody else is going to get paid for. 
 If I have to hold their hands and tell them the whole article's worth of 
stuff, and they can't be bothered to do a lick of research on their own, then 
why isn't the editor paying me?
 
So don't you be like that.  Before you go in to interview somebody, be sure 
to do your homework.  And have fun!
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