Write your brains out.
Yesterday the National Post managing editor Jonathon Kay came to visit our class. A soft spoken man with glasses that looked like the ones Mr. Farqhuar made us wear in Grade 10 tech, Kay gave us some simple advice to help us find our way through the uncertain terrain before us.
"Write your brains out", he said. Read a lot, read quickly, and write quickly. Point taken. Mr. Kay, I have begun by writing about you and your ugly glasses.
Every time we have a journalist come speak to us a few people end up with a knot in their panties. I guess it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the competitive nature of this field, or appalled by the gruelling hours journalists are expected to work, or, worse, terrified that the newspaper industry is a sinking ship that no one in their right mind would board. But for some reason I'm just going with it. I guess I feel that if this works out, fantastic, but that if it doesn't it'll still be a step in the right direction. Much better than standing still.
"Write your brains out", he said. Read a lot, read quickly, and write quickly. Point taken. Mr. Kay, I have begun by writing about you and your ugly glasses.
Every time we have a journalist come speak to us a few people end up with a knot in their panties. I guess it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the competitive nature of this field, or appalled by the gruelling hours journalists are expected to work, or, worse, terrified that the newspaper industry is a sinking ship that no one in their right mind would board. But for some reason I'm just going with it. I guess I feel that if this works out, fantastic, but that if it doesn't it'll still be a step in the right direction. Much better than standing still.
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