As the semester at #loweclass comes to an end, I can´t let it pass how much I appreciated and learned in the most challenging course I´ve ever had: Multimedia Reporting.
Who would say that one day a clumsy Brazilian - with the strongest accent you will ever heard - would be published in one of the most renowned news organizations in Gainesville, Florida? Well, certainly not me. Growing up in a town smaller than the University of Florida campus allowed me see the differences and how much of opportunities I could gain studying abroad. And here am I, a fourth-year journalism student pursuing a minor in international development and humanitarian assistance and trying not to burn the house with her crazy baking inventions. I´m serious when I say that I almost exploded my microwave when trying to bake a pie at 5 a.m. one day. I almost missed my meeting with Ethan Magoc and he even told me that he had to tell his wife to not try such experiments in the kitchen too. While in the UF College of Journalism and Communications I´ve had the opportunity met the first black student enrolled at UF when covering an event in the Levin College of Law. I also learned how researchers and scientists are trying to restore clam farming in Charlotte Harbor and learned that a few elevators in the state are not being inspected as they should. All that for WUFT. I was supposed to be writing a special report for #loweclass as well, but as my sources and some other things went wrong in my semester and I decided to pursue smaller stories instead. I realized that stories sometimes go wrong, and that it´s OK. At the end, everything is going to be taken as a good experience and it will make you grow as a journalist to not commit the same mistake again. Breath. Take a few steps back and jump with all you´ve got is the most important lesson I got from #loweclass and surely will take it to my career.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorGiovanna Kubota is a 22-year-old Brazilian pursuing a master's degree in Communication at the University of Central Florida. |