Four years of my life have been spent living in Lawrence and attending classes at the University of Kansas. There have been classes that I loved such as Fundamentals of Debate and classes that I hated like Oceanography. Each class had its own strengths and weaknesses and each provided certain lessons that I'll take with me after I graduate.
The School of Journalism has given me the capabilities needed to excel in the world of Journalism. I feel like I could get a job being a reporter or an online producer somewhere. At the same time though I feel like the School of Journalism has let me down. Here is how...
Did I just throw away money
I came into college wanting to get deep into sports journalism. I got into the school and began to see the class selection and classes needed to graduate. I had trouble locating any classes that were in the field I was interested in, sports. There were two sports journalism classes available during my time at KU: Sports Media and Society and TV Sports Production. In order to do anything else with sports and journalism I would have had to do extra curricular activities that would require a lot of time outside of school. Once again, I would have had no problem doing this except I got a job with the football team that really limited my time.
I am glad that I am getting a journalism degree from KU. I feel like it means something because this is not an easy school to get through. I also feel like my professional career might not revolve around journalism though. I still would love to get into sports broadcasting, whether it be on television or on the radio.
I would have to say the most useful journalism class that I took would be Online Production. Honestly I have learned more valuable skills in this class than any other. I have discovered blogging which really sparked an interest for me and could have a spot in my future.
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