My Passion for Writing Writing – it hangs onto my identity. It has always been with me. It seems inescapable. Choosing to do anything apart from this does not only feel wrong and absurd, but impossible. It does not seem as if it is a profession or a hobby or a major, but a feeling. Without it, I am not myself but merely a fraction of who I am. In the more recent years, I have begun to enjoy photography and traveling. I began to follow certain Instagram accounts which inspired me to try and recreate some of the images listed on their feed. Ever since I could remember, I have always loved experiencing other new cultures. The neighborhood I live in is extremely diverse. Constantly, I am begging my neighbors to tell me more about their cultures and way of life. The reason I have chosen Journalism as my major is because it combines my passions of traveling, photography and …show more content…
The four main different fields of journalism are Photo, Print, Broadcast, and Multimedia Journalism. The kind of journalism I am most interested in is Multimedia Journalism. This field is a field which incorporates all of the different fields of journalism. \ Occupants of Multimedia journalism generally have story-telling abilities, just as those in Broadcast Journalism. Those in the field of Multimedia Journalism also work well with technology, just as those in Photo Journalism (“What Are the Different”). Multimedia is defined as “the construction of a story out of more than one medium” (Jacobson 66). This field requires one to be more creative, flexible, and skilled. Multimedia Journalism is a growing profession since there are a variety of different ways the generation of today receives information. This is the field I would like to focus on because my skills align with a Multimedia Journalists qualities. Talking to my advisor, I asked her where one of the best Universities in-state are for Multimedia Journalism. She recommended Chapel