Participation

In journalism, its competitive to get a position in this business, but no matter if your story may be in print or broadcast form, be prepared for rejection. It is normal. Not every story that you write or present will probably make (in athletic terms) the final cut. I have learnt this lesson many times when I sent some of my articles to the Times and the Post-Intelligencer. You can always talk to the editor on why your story wasn't chosen. At the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, one of the questions I had asked Andy Nystrom, the editor of the paper was how can student journalists contribute? Since this newspaper is more confined to on news within Bothell, its kind of a challenge for me as I only go to Bothell because of where I go to school, and the rest of it or a majority of it in Seattle. You can contact Nystrom by e-mail at editor@bothell-reporter.com or calling him at 425-483-3732 (Ext. 5050). To pitching a story idea with a local twist is not easy for someone like me who only is in Bothell for about eight hours because of school and spends the rest of those remaining 16 hours of a 24 hour day in Seattle. In discussing how the newspaper runs its meetings, Shannon explained in another blog how there are only six people working at the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter. Although I didn't ask that question, newspapers big and small have meetings whether its a size of six or a hundred. As a reporter for The Husky Herald, I do know that we meet Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Speaking of meetings, I have to prepare for my next reporter meeting where we are covering the 2010 ASUWB Elections. You can watch the interviews that the Herald's reporting team have conducted with the current ASUWB Student Board by visiting our YouTube channel at huskyherald or by our website center at www.huskyherald.com/. For The Husky Herald, Deni Proto reporting. Have a great day!