My story, their words
"But as each passing mile pushed me closer to the reality of my responsibilities, I wondered if I even cared about them. In part, I think it's because I cared more about the work I'd just done, and the place I was doing it for. I knew then, I was in love."
As a freshman at the Daily, I was still learning how to balance a newfound passion while still keeping up with my academic responsibilities.
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More often than not, that newfound passion took priority.
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I think that decision traced back to two things.
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For one, nothing could replicate the sense of gratification I would feel after writing a good story and seeing it in print the next day.
And on top of that, there was no amount of time that I could spend in that newsroom that would satisfy my desire to be around the people I worked with. It may sound silly, but there's another sense of gratification that comes with being around a small group of people who will laugh at a joke that would go over most people's heads.
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I interviewed Liam — a junior at the Daily — and Mark and James — two people who have worked professionally in the field — because I got the sense that they would have those same experiences.