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sweetiepoo · 36-40, F
My sis went to school for Journalism and she complained about this issue as well. All the stories she wrote were basically rewritten. Almost as if she didn't have a voice. It's a shame that it's like that. hopefully it will get better.
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
@sweetiepoo: Yeah same. That's how I feel. Like I have no voice. That's why I'm glad I didn't go into journalism. It would have felt like a waste of a major. It makes you wonder what the truth is. Even with books. If all of the best written lines were really written by the authors or by the editors?
KandiGhostcat · 22-25, F
Isn't journalism suppose to be where you write whatever you want for articles, newspapers, and stuff? As long as it's true of course.
JewStar4Life · 31-35, F
@KandiGhostcat: That's what I thought but apparently it's not. My editor told me that journalism is not about unleashing my creativity but about giving the news to a publication. It makes me mad that I have no power over my own article. I'm about to interview someone soon. What if the editor doesn't like the questions I ask and just puts in the parts that she likes? I always thought that editors just check for grammar and consistency. Not that they would rewrite everything just because they are in charge of the publication.