My involvement into the journalism world…. Here is how it unfolded…

The journey starts before my days at Humber College. Before my love turned into a journalistic feel, it was a love for English, arts and the media. I found myself choosing more art based subject for my optional courses. They resonated with me more than the science, technology or math courses. In grade 11 I took a media arts program to fill my schedule. The course and teacher really had a great effect on me. Later on, I switched to two different schools. At the time, taking any course to finish school was the objective.

My love for journalism was created when I attended George Brown College. I had been out of school for a while and need to upgrade before attending post secondary studies. There was one communications prerequisite to completing the course. It was my favourite and I noticed I putt all my dedication and hard work into the course. I left the program with a 90% in English and 71% in math. I have never had these kind of marks ever in all my years of school.

In my years I have in enrolled in a Say Word Magazine events also known and Verse City programs. Through those summer programs the members went on a number of trips and studied many streams of journalism. We explored Edwards gardens and took photos with a DSLR cameras, spent five days at Ryerson University working with the final year journalism students on a project, visited the York University radio station. Those events were impactful for me coming from the small town of Scarborough.

After all my experiences, I have finally narrowed it down to the stream of journalism where I would like to focus on. Radio journalism has really sank in and gave me a good feeling. I would love to be a radio co-host to a urban radio station talking about meaningful topics.

Hopefully I can have a career is some kind of communication, English or multimedia scene of Toronto.