I had the opportunity to meet a column writer with a few deadly stories. Martin Fennelly is a sport columnist for The Tampa Tribune.
“Everyone should work for a newspaper that goes out of business,” Fennelly said. Well he is right! At this rate if anyone is working for a small newspaper or The Tampa Tribune (just kidding) it will shortly go out of business.
While making animated face expressions, he talked about his experiences with seven people who ended up dieing. He chuckled when he talked about a boater he was going to interview but ended up dieing. Humorously, Fennelly said that he asked the boaters parents what happened when he encountered them. “’I asked his parents what’s going on’, as a journalist not knowing was funny,” said Fennelly.
Comfortably, he talked to the class as if he were talking to his colleagues or friends and dressed like he was going to visit Australia. He said that even though there are stories that are very emotional, as a reporter you must do your job at the end of the day. He also said, a part of being a reporter is to be able to deal with uncomfortable situations. One of the phrases he detests is “good writer but not a good reporter,” because he believes in order to be a good writer, you have to know how to be a reporter.
“If you want to write well, read well,” once he said that something clicked in my head. When I didn’t read extra books outside what is required for school, my writing was even more horrendous. Fennelly said that when writing columns about hot topics, you should convey an image without writing curse words. Just like with speaking, it is harder to insult someone without cursing at them but the message is more effective.
At the end of the day I will remember one of his last words, “if you’re writing it and enjoying it, it’s something you love doing”
“Everyone should work for a newspaper that goes out of business,” Fennelly said. Well he is right! At this rate if anyone is working for a small newspaper or The Tampa Tribune (just kidding) it will shortly go out of business.
While making animated face expressions, he talked about his experiences with seven people who ended up dieing. He chuckled when he talked about a boater he was going to interview but ended up dieing. Humorously, Fennelly said that he asked the boaters parents what happened when he encountered them. “’I asked his parents what’s going on’, as a journalist not knowing was funny,” said Fennelly.
Comfortably, he talked to the class as if he were talking to his colleagues or friends and dressed like he was going to visit Australia. He said that even though there are stories that are very emotional, as a reporter you must do your job at the end of the day. He also said, a part of being a reporter is to be able to deal with uncomfortable situations. One of the phrases he detests is “good writer but not a good reporter,” because he believes in order to be a good writer, you have to know how to be a reporter.
“If you want to write well, read well,” once he said that something clicked in my head. When I didn’t read extra books outside what is required for school, my writing was even more horrendous. Fennelly said that when writing columns about hot topics, you should convey an image without writing curse words. Just like with speaking, it is harder to insult someone without cursing at them but the message is more effective.
At the end of the day I will remember one of his last words, “if you’re writing it and enjoying it, it’s something you love doing”
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