Having a Passion For a Story

Stories can really capture audiences.

After reading the blogs or my classmates, and watching the tour of the Newscenter in Downtown Tampa, I feel that reporting can be much more than what we are used to. I feel like Steve Andrews, the Investigative reporter that we went to see has a special way of story-telling and reporting, that captures and audience, and makes them feel invested in a story.

I feel like, while watching the news, there are stories that captivate me and hold me for the entire time, and there are some that I will just listen to the lead and then zone out.

The news is about informing people of what is going on, but it is impossible to do so if you do not have their attention. After listening to Steve Andrews, I have learned that the best way to feed people the news is to find stories that people are interested in, and that they care about.

Steve Andrews showed some of his stories, and the thing that stands out is how in-depth his reporting is. You can really tell that he had a passion about the stories, and that he wanted to learn about every detail, so he could share it with the audience.

The tax story informed us of where are taxes are going, something I would have never known about, and then there was his story about the man with cancer. These are stories that are all over the place, but they just need somone to tell them.

As important as being unbiased is in journalism, I also feel it is just as important to connect with your story and to be invested in it, so that you can paint a picture of what is going on for the audience.

It is very refreshing to see that there are successful reporters out there that truly care, and have a passion for what they do, and I think that passion helps to make a great journalist. That is something that we can all take out of this trip.