The purpose of this blog is to get practice at blogging. Many of the jobs I am looking to work for ask for blogging experience, this class allows me to learn how to blog. This blog will also allowed me to get more experience at journalistic writing before I graduate.
The beat I will be covering is the Covid-19 pandemic in Colorado. I will write about how Governor Polis has been handling this pandemic and how he plans to re-open stores and restaurants. I plan to post three times a week. I will follow the news and the governors announcements, as well as his twitter, to get the most updated information about this pandemic.
I have been taking journalism classes for the last three years. I have taken a both print news and video production classes during my time at UNC. I worked for Bear News at UNC this last year. Bear News is a student run news station that reports about UNC. In Bear News we produce weekly news shows. I have also worked for UNC’s newspaper,The Mirror.
In this blog I will cover a verity of different topics involving Covid-19. One of the topics I will cover is how the governor has handled this situation, what guidelines the stores and restaurants will have to follow once they open and how this is affecting every day life.
I choose this topic because it’s something that interests me and is discussed everywhere. Every media platform I go on, every time I switch on the TV, I see and hear about Coivd-19. So I figured this would be a great topic to dive into. I hope to learn how our government is handling this situation and what the peoples response is. I also want to learn how we might prevent or handle this situation in the future.
I do have some experience covering this beat. In Bear News we covered Covid-19 and when the university switched to online I continued to cover Covid-19.
One strength I have when it comes to journalism is my ability to produce, write and edit videos. A weakness I have is my ability to write. My writing skills have come a long way from my first day taking journalism classes but they aren’t as strong as my video skills.
I have no blogging experience but I look forward to learning how to write a proper blog. I am excited to be able to blog like a professional especially sense many journalism jobs ask for blogging experience. I am a little nervous about sharing my work with the world. I don’t usually share my written work and I do worry about what comments I might get. I am confident that my work will be factual and interesting to read.
Hello Madison! Your blog is very interesting and it’s good to keep up with the Covid-19 news and see how our state is handling it. With this pandemic it changed a lot of things, so it’s good to know the guidelines of the stores and restaurants as they start to open. I’m looking forward to reading your blog.
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