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.
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4780 Samreen, what is the word limit on this essay? The reason I ask is because I feel like your discussion presentation is insufficient. The first paragraph regarding injustice does not create a foundation for your interest in journalism. It merely explains your definition of injustice. With regards to the article, you did a wonderful job of summarizing the piece, but without justification as to why the impact of this piece on you was such that you decided to become a journalist. There are a few questions you can respond to which could help indicate the reason that this article made an impact on you. Questions such as:
1. What struck you the most about this article? Refer to a quotation that you feel made you feel the plight of the children in the article and explain why it resonated with you.
2. As a future journalist, what was it about the writer of this piece that drew you to it? What was is about the writer that told you this was an article worth reading?
3. As an amateur journalist, explain why you look up to the writer of this article and why you feel that this article is a timely piece of writing.
4. As a journalist inspired by this writer and article, what sort of articles do you hope to write about in the future stemming from the impact of this article and writer on your desire to become a journalist?
