Thinking about it, my afternoon at the LSJ turned out to be fairly depressing. The newsroom was struggling - not many seemed to really be into their job, except for the new guy who does multimedia, and there was a lot of complaining about menial pay and crap equipment (which is probably common in newsrooms).
Of course, there will always be an LSJ, at least for a while, but there lacked some serious excitement.
Are these newsrooms just step-up positions for young reporters looking for the cool job? What about the veterans there - are they just waiting on a pension?
It really made me think deeply about what I want to do with a journalism degree. I don't want to be a bitter sap 10 years from now wishing I had a "cool" job.
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My experience at the LSJ also left me wondering about my future as a journalist. Nothing exciting was happening, most of the reporters seemed old and bored, and the woman I shadowed suggested I look elsewhere for work.
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