Journalism is like a Las Vegas Buffet

"Journalism is like a Las Vegas Buffet you can pick and choose and get what you want at any time" -Chris Cillizza. Thank you Mr. Cillizza for planting in my mind one of the best allusions, a Las Vegas Buffet, meaning that you can get whatever you want when you want it. Just so you get an idea of what im talking about here a few pictures.

Pretty legit right!

 Mr. Cillizza was quite the speaker. Aside from being the blogger for the Washington Post he had quite a story to tell. By growing up completly removed from the journalism field, an internship is what inspired him to study journalism. Then, an internship at the Washington Post sold him on the job. Kudos to internships. I guess it goes to show how important an internship really is.   

I think it is safe to say I liked this guy! He put a great focus on journalism and media today. Following along with the buffett allusion his idea of the food on this buffet are social networking sites such as twitter and facebook and the journalist must keep feeding this buffet. "We live in a world where we have to reach people in different ways," he told us. He also reminded us to take oppurtunities and try what were nervous about.

Another key theme was PASSION. Yes, passion. Passion plays such a huge role in society today. People want to know your passion, and why you write something. I mean I wouldn't want to read something that was dull and unlively. Would you? So, find out what you care about and start writing. This is great advice especially when it comes to blogging. How do you get people to follow your blog was a common question? Well, it's simple you write on what you love.

Journalism is a field that is useful in more than one area. On that I mean, journalism teaches you how to write and meet people two very important life skills that can be used anywhere. So, while you may not be at this conference because you want to be a journalist, you will gain vital life skills.  This is one of the aspects about a communications degree that I am the most excited about. I am looking forward to being able to write or communicate for a company that facinates me. Look at NASA for example, NASA coolest company ever right think about it if you are a communications major you could be fully involved without being an engineer. Pretty sweet right? Honestly, I don't know why more people aren't getting communication degrees. They enable you to work for any company at any time!

I'll leave you with this "take time to succeed in your own way"