For starters, I'd love to learn more about all of you. Please comment on this post with the following information: your name, year in school, hopes for this course and your dream job after graduation.
Thanks so much!
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Alex Ebert
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I hope to learn tips for how to recognize editors' style and preferences. Maybe I'll pull away with some ideas of how to self-edit my copy, making me a more valuable reporter and writer. My dream job would be a gig working for the investigations desk at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
I'm Katie Pelton and I'm a senior. My hope for this course is to get better at some AP Style rules that I can't seem to remember. My dream job is to work for O magazine.
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My hope for this class is to improve my skills in headline writing and learn more about graphic design and layout.
My dream job after graduation is to get a job in either a newspaper or magazine preferable as a reporter.
Jenna Brennan
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My hope is to just learn more about the journalism field, and improve my knowledge of AP style.
My dream job is to be a reporter at a newspaper.
Ellen Burkhardt
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My hope for this course is to gain an understanding of the job of an editor and solidify my knowledge of journalism in general.
My dream job is to be editor-in-chief of a magazine.
Devin Henry
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I'm hoping to improve my editing skills, both AP style and editing techniques.
My dream job is to be a Washington D.C.-based political reporter.
Lauren Gantner
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I hope to improve my use of AP style, learn about news/magazine editing and layout and gain editing skills to help my future career.
My dream job is to work for a magazine- either with design and layout, writing or editing. We'll see!
Kevan Smoliak
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My hope for this course is to gain a better understanding of the rules and standards of editing. Also I'd like to pass. If I don't do that I can't graduate.
My dream job is to be a screenwriter, or maybe a photographer...
Brad Perlich
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I am hoping to learn more editing skills and to sharpen my AP style knowledge.
I hope to find a job as a sports journalist at a publication if possible.
Kathryn Holahan
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My hope for the course is to improve headline writing, gain layout and graphic design skills and brush up on AP style.
My dream job is... to be a writer. Magazines, newspaper columns, short stories, novel, anything.
Kristin Lueck
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I hope to learn more about the process of editing as well as be better at self editing. More AP practice is always good too.
My dream job would be to work at NPR, or to be a food or film writer.
Megan McCarty
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I hope to become more attentive as an editor, so I can take those traits to work every day.
As long as we're allowed to dream, I want to work with the ladies at Real Simple AND the gentlemen at Esquire.
Kevin Coss
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My hope is to learn to improve stories quickly, efficiently and intelligently and to be able to work with other people in doing so. In the process, I'd like for my writing skills and grasp of style to improve also.
My dream job is to be the editor-in-chief or a staff reporter at a magazine.
Ken Nelson
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In this course I hope to learn about the editing process to improve my knowledge in journalism. With a print journalism interest it is important for me to know what to expect from editors.
My dream job is to become a sports journalist for a major journalistic publication.
Alyson Cummings
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I want to learn more about editing both my own work as well as other work done by others. My AP style skills could always use improvement too.
My dream job is to be a reporter/feature writer for a variety magazine like Reader's Digest.
I'm Nicole Holdorph and a senior.
ReplyDeleteMy hope is to learn more about editing, how to make my stories better, and to get a better understanding of the journalism field (what editors do, etc).
My dream job is something that involves writing, taking photographs, and/or editing for a magazine.
Patrick Berner
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My hope is to master all copy editing skills and have a keen eye for AP style as this is what my job--copy editor for the Minnesota Daily--entails.
My dream job is to do anything for ESPN.
Summer Jackson
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My hopes for this course are that I'll gain a better understanding of AP Style (and do better on the quizzes in here than I did in 3101) and that I'll develop better editing skills.
I have a couple dream jobs. First, I want to be an international correspondent for a magazine or a newspaper. Second, I want to be the editor-in-chief of a magazine. Third, I want to take over said magazine. Finally, when I retire from the industry, I want to become an English teacher.
Sarah Vang
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I hope to be able to become a good editor and understand the overall editing and journalism world. Becoming an editor is what I want to do after I graduate, so this class will most likely help me discover whether or not I will like the job, and it will help prepare me for it. I also am interested in graphic design and creating/editing layouts for magazines and websites. A background in editing always helps.
Becky Ernst
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I want to learn as much about the profession of journalism as I can while I still have the chance before delving into it myself, if I do end up in the field. In any case my hope is to put myself into the shoes of my future bosses, to figure out what I need to do to create a journalistic product that meets their standards, as they would pretty much be in charge of my livelihood. Also maybe deflating my ego a little bit would be nice, and probably beneficial for future endeavors.
I have no ****ing idea what my dream job is. Concert pianist, rockstar, socialite, photographer for National Geographic, fashion photographer, supermodel, rogue billionaire--any of these would be acceptable. I'd love to have a steady job meeting interesting people, traveling to cool places, and collecting and writing stories about interesting things. Mental Floss magazine, something like that. I've also decided that working at a daily local newspaper would probably eat me alive, and does not fall under the 'dream job' category. Historically speaking, it has eaten me alive, which is why I know this.
Amanda (AJ) MacDonald
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My hopes for this course are to sharpen my editing skills to better judge the quality of publications, and to learn more about the field of journalism. I am undecided as to what my dream job would be...but it would employ my interests of nature and journalism.