Writer. Drummer. Dog lover. Fraternity brother. Traveler. Complicated.
Every story has its beginning, no matter how long or short. My story is fairly straightforward.
My name is Andy Treese, and I am an aspiring journalist. Currently in my junior year at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania for Journalism, I decided to get involved and engaged in my ambitions to become more professional and make myself even more prepared for my future line of work - from taking varied courses relevant for my major, to getting involved with the campus newspaper, The Rocket, to even becoming a founding father of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity on the SRU campus. Ultimately, I want to become a full-time writer or editor for my all-time favorite magazine, Rolling Stone.
Though I've had a diverse set of experiences at SRU thus far, I did not expect to be creating and publishing material I write on my very own blog.
So, why am I on a blog? To get into a habit of trying to keep up with the ever-changing standards of our society? To stay on edge with the competition and further expand my knowledge of technology?
While the answer is yes to the latter-two questions, I gained inspiration to expand my online reporting skills from my New-Media Journalism class. It amazes me how in the course of less than a decade, wireless communication progressed from flip-phones to smart phones and tablets; but more impressive, yet, is the fact that the internet – with the help of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter – has changed the way we get our news. Sure, back when the internet was used for little more than composing emails and visiting pointless websites with dancing hamsters, newspapers like USA Today, as well as radio and television news channels, were the main vehicles used to report the news. Nowadays, it's a completely different ballgame for journalism. Rather than relaying information to reporters and news agencies, bloggers and online writers can take pictures or video of breaking news, and upload them to their social media sites, all at a fraction of the rate other mediums can break the news - even online news blogs, like The Huffington Post.
I may not be certain as to what the future holds for me, my classmates and our future professions, and if I said I was, then I'd be a liar. But what I do know is the road to success in the field of journalism just got a little steeper to climb.
That being said, however . . .
This is only the beginning.
