joanna's the best journalist in the world!!

So, in this chapter the old lady kind of seemed like she was bragging a lot. :) Ha ha. I'm sorry, but it was just like one thing after another, "I got to do this, I got to talk to this guy, blah, blah, blah." However, she did have some good points about how certain aspects of journalism have changed. If a journalist tried to go out one morning for a stroll with the president like they did in the old days, they would most likely get shot. I also agree with her that newsroom are different now. Not to say that the old newsroom weren't professional, but they seem to have been more fun and family like (from what I've seen on tv and movies). Honestly, I don't know how that lady, what's her name...Helen Thomas...enjoyed her job at all. Wouldn't it get really boring to stay at the White House like all the time and only write about stuff happening there?? I would think she would want to get out in the world sometime and write about something other than who the president was sleeping with. It's true that some of the best scandals have come out of the White House and from the President, but there are other scandals way more interesting than the presidents scandals all over the world. I don't want to be a journalist who sticks to one area or on specific topic. In fact, I don't want to have a beat at all. I want to write about the most interesting things that are going on. Whether it be news, features, even sports, as long as it's interesting, I'll write it! Ok, I need to go write my opinion piece for class tomorrow. :)