Getting into journalism was a bit of a bumpy ride, but when I finally started reporting on a beat consistently, my skills became noticeably better. Covering a beat is one of the best ways to improve reporting techniques. I have covered Student Senate at UNC for The Mirror, as well as the RE-5J Weld County School Board and the Johnstown Town Council meetings, when the council was considering a recall election of the mayor.
Throughout my experience, I have cultivated relationships with school district superintendents, mayors, councilmen and women, and many other local business and organizations leaders to find the best stories possible. One of my favorite things when covering a targeted area is looking back and seeing how the area or subject has come along over the time I spend absorbing the information it has given. It is the sense of diving into a small subculture and telling its story to the rest of the world.
The purpose of this blog is for my own benefit to better understand the parlance and trade of business, particularly in the downtown Greeley area. As a journalism major and a writing minor, I have been able to follow commerce but only at a distance. I hope this beat will give me more knowledge of this timely subject, as I near my final lessons before stepping out into the news workforce.
