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Michaela Gress
mg732415@ohio.edu

Journalism is a concept that has changed a lot over the years. It is a way to express your thoughts and feelings, as well to get information out to the public. For the longest time journalism was a way to get details about different people, this could be coworkers, bosses or even family members. Journalism was also a way to share different writing styles such as poems or long stories. (https://www.universalclass.com/articles/writing/journalism-a-brief-history.htm)

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People wanted a way to express themselves as well to get news across to others about different situations happening in the communities, nationally or even just between families. From there journalism began to get a bad reputation as more and more people began to become to have more opinions about different issues that were brought up. More people wanted to discuss different values or ideas that different journalists were posting This led to the idea of more discussions which allowed for people to begin to choose sides on different issues, which is still very relevant now.

        

    In society now not only are people able to tell others their opinions face to face but they are able to hide behind a screen to do so. Online journalism has begun to skyrocket in not only its comments but also in its popularity. More and more people are beginning to look to the internet for their updates on different issues and concepts that come up in the news. People can still share their creativity of different issues by posting different images, poems or even artwork to show how they are feeling. 

Taking a look at where journalism began and how it is now used gives me a better perspective on what is expected as well as what the different options are now to express your opinions in today’s society. There are still those who like to read the paper as well as watch the news like myself and there are also others who enjoy using the ever-rising idea of social media to share their opinions to the world. https://www.journalismfestival.com/news/what-is-journalistic-creativity/

          

  As society and more and more people are deciding to become journalists, I am very interested to see how the idea of journalism begins to change as well as what traits will stay. However, I am very excited to see how different journalistic styles are demonstrated as we learn more about them in this class. I hope to learn more about how to become a better journalist and to find out what media of journalism is the best for me to express myself.