Personal introduction

After spending four years at the community college level and struggling to find a passion to pursue, I applied to the University of Oregon with no major in mind.

My mother spent 20 plus years working in corporate America and after seeing the long-term effects of relentless office politics and spending 40 hours behind a desk and keyboard, I knew a traditional job was not for me. Journalism presented itself as an opportunity just weeks before I enrolled at the University of Oregon. The promise of a profession that was more active than the traditional 9-5 and included travel, meeting new and interesting people and could extend to nearly any and all topics was too good to pass up.

I believe that effective journalism is an invaluable component to a functioning and free society and look forward to making contributions to our world that can really make a difference.

This blog will look into a type of journalism known as power journalism, which is a type of journalism that uses numbers big and small and puts them into perspective to relay why they are impactful or powerful. I have never done anything like this before so bear with me as I learn the intricacies of the art of the blog. I hope to highlight the necessity of power journalism and hopefully learn some new things and share my newly acquired knowledge with you the readers.