My case for journalism

1. Your world will get bigger every day

2. If you're doing your job right, you won't ever be stuck in a cubicle for eight hours a day

3. You get the opportunity to make your community better 

4. You get to be a student every day

5. You will be rich with experiences

6. You will get to work with amazing and courageous people

7. You will get to be part of an exciting time filled with potential and innovative opportunities (never in history has journalism been changing so dramatically)

8. You have more tools now than ever before to reach out and engage with readers

9. You will learn to be very resourceful

10. You get to tell stories that can inspire and connect people

11. You will be a more interesting and interested person — good conversationalist and aware of the world around you — and in today's scandalous society, there's never a dull moment

12. Someone's got to look under those hidden dark rocks — and they have to do it for little to no money, but for the incredible feeling that comes with doing something right.

Attributes of an ideal editor

— Personable, well rounded

— Other interests outside of work, manage stress well

— Engage readers in a different way (social media, texts and visuals)

— Newsroom experience (reporter/copy editing experience)

— Able to delegate responsibilities

— Hold self accountable

— Being competitive

— Being aware of the news

— Diplomatic editor/working well with others

— Knowing your audience very well

— Careful attention to detail

— Strong communication skills

— Empathetic

— Go to bat for employees

— Clear instructions

— Constructive criticism

— Ethical

— Good at budgeting time and money

— Managing team with different styles

— Invested in people

— Face-to-face contact

— Someone who pushes you

— Listen and willing to learn

— Ambitious

— Open minded and flexible

— Be honest

— Assess the value of workers

— Keeping site of mission

— Creative and innovative

— Passionate

— Good attention span

— Firmness which shields empathy

— Great expectations

— Believer that no owns the truth

— super-literate in topics they edit

— organized

— to the point

— proud of work

— tireless

— inquisitive

— confident to a fault