Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Final blog for class

As the semester and my career as a student ends, I would really like to thank you Professor Wachanga for providing me so much throughout my time at UW-Whitewater. Although it seemed sometimes that you weren't really able to pronounce my name correctly, I have learned a lot from you. Specifically something i learned was how to take a story about your average person and turn into an extraordinary story. That's something that I will keep for the rest of my life.

In this class, the most important thing I learned was when posting information onto Facebook or Twitter or any other site on the Internet for that matter, that I have to make sure it is truthful. I'm going to be doing this a lot in my career as a journalist and I never want to run into a situation like the one Mike Wise from the Washington Post got himself into. Even if something is intended to be a joke, you still shouldn't post it because of the ramifications it can have if someone takes it for truth.

Otherwise, I hope everyone has a great summer. Professor Wachanga, take care and I hope the best for you in the future.