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Dec 25, 2018
Undergraduate / Justice for the Silenced Ryerson Undergraduate Journalism Entrance Essay [2]
Requirements: Tell us in approximately 300 words how a specific work of journalism (not your own) had an impact on your desire to study journalism. It can be from newspapers, magazines, broadcast or online news sources.
Injustice has always been a negative experience in any form of society. It is present in various forms, whether it is poverty, lack of [education and] opportunities, or an equal dispersion of wealth. However, letting children face such things is more than cruel. They deserve the same opportunities in education, financial support, and healthcare, like any other person.
The article"Understanding How Children Experience Injustice," published by World Vision International gives an incredible insight on the repression and exploitation that children all over the world face, especially in third-world, developing countries. The journalist expresses remorse over young people who are sacrificing everything in order to obtain an education in a cold, crumbling school somewhere in a poor village. They talk about the lack of opportunities, financial problems, and becoming detached from society. Everything that should be a basic right is painted in the light of a privilege, and is what these children are deprived from.
This article has inspired me to pursue my dream of journalism. Yet, it goes beyond just picking up a pen and writing about a current topic. It is about speaking up for those that have felt they have been silenced by the repressive constraints of society. It is about advocating for the young children who are being denied the right to an education, stability and reliability inside and outside their homes, and being treated as less than human.
Thus, journalism has the power to advocate not only the young, but for anyone who feels that they are treated in an unjust manner. It allows for a new technique and form to raise awareness about such topics. A person's greatest strength is the power of a pen. An article can educate and reform one's mindset, and has more influential impact than those of a hundred speeches.
Any helpful advice would be much appreciated!
Requirements: Tell us in approximately 300 words how a specific work of journalism (not your own) had an impact on your desire to study journalism. It can be from newspapers, magazines, broadcast or online news sources.
Justice for the Silenced
Injustice has always been a negative experience in any form of society. It is present in various forms, whether it is poverty, lack of [education and] opportunities, or an equal dispersion of wealth. However, letting children face such things is more than cruel. They deserve the same opportunities in education, financial support, and healthcare, like any other person.
The article"Understanding How Children Experience Injustice," published by World Vision International gives an incredible insight on the repression and exploitation that children all over the world face, especially in third-world, developing countries. The journalist expresses remorse over young people who are sacrificing everything in order to obtain an education in a cold, crumbling school somewhere in a poor village. They talk about the lack of opportunities, financial problems, and becoming detached from society. Everything that should be a basic right is painted in the light of a privilege, and is what these children are deprived from.
This article has inspired me to pursue my dream of journalism. Yet, it goes beyond just picking up a pen and writing about a current topic. It is about speaking up for those that have felt they have been silenced by the repressive constraints of society. It is about advocating for the young children who are being denied the right to an education, stability and reliability inside and outside their homes, and being treated as less than human.
Thus, journalism has the power to advocate not only the young, but for anyone who feels that they are treated in an unjust manner. It allows for a new technique and form to raise awareness about such topics. A person's greatest strength is the power of a pen. An article can educate and reform one's mindset, and has more influential impact than those of a hundred speeches.
Any helpful advice would be much appreciated!