Sometimes I wonder if some sort of fate or guiding hand put me here. I mean, I didn’t get into Wash. U. and I didn’t get into MIT (obviously) and suddenly I realize I want to do more than computer science and I want to do journalism and I enjoy all the people in it right now and I’ve come to realize my skills work brilliantly for it.
That was one rambling sentence, yes. I’m not a reporter (yet).
So yes, this week I started learning and doing page design with Darla, our lovely Production Manager/Design Editor. Also started doing graphics in Illustrator a week ago. Someone (I think Chrös, Sports Editor) said I was a good example of a future convergence journalist . (Paraphrased.) I’d been considering convergence for a while, but it’s still early on in my schooling so I haven’t really had time to feel everything out yet.
Design and graphics have been okay. Got new computers recently in the production office, but uh… once new RAM is put in we’ll be fast and everything. (2GHz dual-core intel imacs yay… Eventually they’ll have 1.5 or 2GB of RAM.) I’m getting used to the InDesign UI and the house styles… I can do this frequently since I think I’m developing a work style for it all.
Who would’ve known that all those years toying with Photoshop and web design would actually pay off and not in an online/web design environment? And who would’ve guessed that it’d be related to another “wishful thinking” field of mine, photography/photojournalism? That’s why I said fate. Could be mere coincidence, but either way it’s amazing what’s become of me lately.
Rar, 3:45am. Whatever, I’m down with that. I’ll be home in like 14 hours, yay.
Spring Break beginneth.
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