On April 15, our group met with Carrie Wood and Matt Phelps to discuss the Kirkland Reporter. In the meeting we learned about what their jobs are like and how they got to be where they are at today. My favorite part of the interview process was learning about their backgrounds. Hearing about all their different educational backgrounds and different passions was very insightful. I am very interested in pursuing journalism as a possible career choice after graduation. Having the opportunity to learn what a typical day for a journalist is like was very helpful. Carrie and Matt admitted they have very hectic schedules to meet deadlines, but they also said their jobs are great for having families because the job has flexibility. They both were very passionate about working for the Kirkland Reporter and mutually agreed they wouldn’t want it any other way.
It was fun to see the site where they produce the paper. I wasn’t expecting the space to be so small. The room itself was large, but they are going to be sharing their office space with the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter. The room was cut down the middle, the Kirkland Reporter to the right and the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter to the left. We learned throughout the interview that due to economical issues they have had to make a lot of staffing cut backs. I felt this was good to know and be aware of as a risk of entering a journalism career. Overall, the experience was really great, our hosts were open to answering any questions we had. I was able to take away a lot of great information about journalism as a career and information about the Kirkland Reporter.
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On April 15, our group met with Carrie Wood and Matt Phelps to discuss the Kirkland Reporter. In the meeting we learned about what their jobs are like and how they got to be where they are at today. My favorite part of the interview process was learning about their backgrounds. Hearing about all their different educational backgrounds and different passions was very insightful. I am very interested in pursuing journalism as a possible career choice after graduation. Having the opportunity to learn what a typical day for a journalist is like was very helpful. Carrie and Matt admitted they have very hectic schedules to meet deadlines, but they also said their jobs are great for having families because the job has flexibility. They both were very passionate about working for the Kirkland Reporter and mutually agreed they wouldn’t want it any other way.
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It was fun to see the site where they produce the paper. They were in the middle of a move and a merger with the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, so the current set-up was somewhat disorganized ((((They are not merging with the Bothell-Kenmore, a merge between the two would mean they would share a publication. They are just sharing office space. So you need to rewrite this.))))) I wasn’t expecting the space to be so small, but we learned throughout the interview that due to economical issues they have had to make a lot of staffing cut backs (((((break this into two sentences, one about how the economic downturn has caused them to cutback in office space and another sentence about staff cut offs and elaberate on who got the ax))))). Overall, the experience was really great, our hosts were open to answering any questions we had. I was able to take away a lot of great information about journalism as a career and information about the Kirkland Reporter.
If you rewrite please watch out for run on sentences and the flow.
BTW the first paragraph is the edited version and is good, the second one needs work.
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