Last Blog for Quarter :)

I enjoyed this quarter because I got to do 3 entirely different pieces, and I really developed as a writer, as I have the earlier 2 waves. When I first entered this class, I didn’t have many expectations. I had just transferred schools, and I had a lot on my plate so I didn't concentrate much on the work beforehand, but on how much I would need to catch up on. I had thought there would be like an editor in chief, a copy editor, a news editor, a sports editor, a feature editor, and numerous reporters, but then again I also thought it would be a print newspaper like the paper at my previous school. Obviously, I didn't know much about the class. What I did know was that it would teach me to write better than before and I would get more reporting experience. In this aspect, the class has defiantly gone with my expectations. My other expectations would be ideal, but as a web newspaper and a new kind of collective school blog, I understand how an “Editor in Chief” position wouldn’t be relevant. Also, the fact that this is a class changes things. The skill that has been most valuable to me is defiantly the format of an article and our earlier lessons on media bias. Our normal class activities, specifically when I had the opportunity to leave class and interview people, helped me gain better reporting skills. The information that has been least valuable to me... doesn't exist. I truly believe that all that we have learned this year was very important to the overall goal of the class. Even my least favorite activities were helpful, like the class peer review and the blog, for they enabled us analysis our own work and others, which helps us apply their mistakes and achievements into what we could write in the future. The blogs also helped me stay focused on the goal of a piece a week after I started. I would still like to practice more reporting, and I don't really feel unfulfilled in this class. I plan on writing for the paper again next year, but as a contributor since I won't be taking this class as my elective. I would still like more practice with reporting, and The Asbiry Park Press activity will defiantly help me in doing this. I’m really looking forward to next quarter and to our final 2 waves with The Tower Review.