My Journalism 102 classmates and I will be off to the Senate on the 18th to cover a day’s worth of proceedings for Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment trial. Now that I think about it, now’s a swell time to be journalism student, what with all the stuff going on in the country. Too bad it’s mostly of the unfortunate kind.
Think about it, we’ve had two massive natural disasters just in the span of a month a soon-to-begin impeachment trial, and charges of graft and corruption being filed left and right. Sure, they’re big stories, but sometimes I can’t help but mutter to myself “Man, we’re seriously fucked.” at the end of the day.
Sure, as journalists in training, we’re supposed to keep an air of separation from the things we report, but it sure does make me wonder what goes on in the heads of those who’ve been in the profession for far longer. Do they say the same thing to themselves, or do they keep it all in stride?
I hope I can find the answer to that soon enough.
