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I want to become a journalist! What should I do?
Go to journalism school.
There are already way too many amateurs in this field (especially on the Internet), and it lowers the quality of work all around. It is *absolutely essential* to get some journalism training.
Either put yourself through a bachelor's program, intern in a real newsroom (not at a blog), or read every journalism book you can get your hands on. This is a surprisingly technical field, and you can be a good writer and a terrible journalist at the same time.
Blogging is not journalism.
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How did you quit drinking? What kind of lifestyle changes & support network did you have to make it stick?
Quitting drinking was something I had tried to do in the past, but I got it to "stick" this time for one simple reason: I decided on a very deep level that I was done, that drinking was not an option for me anymore.
Once I flipped that switch, it was a matter of figuring out and addressing the issues, problems, and everyday situations that made me want to drink in the first place.
For example, I'm shy, so I used to drink heavily when I had a social event to deal with. These days, I go to fewer events, and I manage my anxiety myself. And I hate being bored, so I used to drink any time I felt bored with life/work/etc. Nowadays, I just have to find something to DO!
As far as a support network goes, I didn't go to AA this time around (it hadn't helped much in the past, but that's not the case for everyone). I did, however, make a very public declaration of my intentions about 3 months into my sobriety; from that point forward, I got encouragement from my Internet friends, and I was also held accountable to them and the rest of the world. -
¿Por que una chica tan linda y copada como vos, no tiene novio? ...Me parece inentendible e inexplicable.
jaja eh... gracias por los halagos! la verdad que nunca se como responder esa pregunta. simplemente no encontre a la persona indicada, y no soy de estar con alguien solo para no estar sola.
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Don't wish to sound rude. Was wondering if you had a big backlog of questions, I keep looking for my question to be answered, but it has not appeared... #confused
I get TONS, and I don't answer some.
Conz Preti’s Bio
Multimedia Journalist. Community Fellow @Mashable, alumnus of @ColumbiaJourn. Blogger, geek, nerd, allergic to chocolate.
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