I've been at UCLan for two years now, after completing a foundation degree last year which I decided to do as an additional course to further my experience and to broaden my knowledge of the Journalistic industry today.
In doing so, the course was highly accredited by BBC Radio Lancashire and our lectures and workshops were held in Blackburn at the BBC. This also provided us with further opportunity to gain work experience with the staff members, I got to work with some very inspiring journalists who showed me life in the world of radio - as exciting and dull as it can be!
From broadcasts at Blackpool tower (where I met Bruce Forsyth), Fleetwood fishmarket, an old ICI plant that was being demolished, homes in the Blackpool area and many other interesting and comical broadcasts to say the least. The year gave me a good insight in to the broadcast industry and made me think about actually pursuing a career in broadcast, despite me initially being set on print journalism before University. At present, I'm swaying between both print and broadcast - If I were to go in to print, I would love to write for a magazine, however, if I worked in broadcast, television would also be amazing!
But all in all, I had a really great year and loved the course... which really made me want to go on to the degree at UCLan.
So I am now in my first year of my Journalism degree (technically my second year here) and I'm still enjoying it. For me, quite a lot of the topics that I have covered have been a little repetitive but it has been good to recap and to expand on things that I had learnt last year.
University has definitely made me more mature, honest, determined, independent and certainly given me more desire to pursue a career as a journalist. Writing I love, it allows me to express myself, it gives me opportunity to be assertive, to find the story and to do things I would never have done if it wasn't for the profession that I want to go in to.
Journalism really is no object, it's something of many years ago, last week, yesterday, today and ultimately the future.
My first year for me is one stepping stone in my life, next year holds endless possibilities as I will be spending the year in the USA, in California studying at one of their Universities. So yes, as well as hoping to get one gorgeous tan, it will be a fantastic experience and maybe I'll make some good contacts.
So for now, I guess it's all about making the most of your time at University, whatever that means to you... whether it's working hard on your assignments, partying day in, day out, making the captain of the football team, making friends, finding yourself or just doing it all... If we don't succeed in these next few years, when will we succeed? There's no point sitting back and waiting for it to happen - you make it happen!
Here goes looking forward to next year! Hopefully my Journalistic career is waiting just around the corner...
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