News reporting is not easy. Contrary to popular notions of all journalists being bespectacled, potli carrying and kurta wearing intellectuals, they are actually a lot more than that. Here are 7 things that only journalists can relate to –
1. Lot’s of Traveling –
Travelling the world
Journalists might as well open their own travel firm, keeping in mind just how much traveling comes with the job. As stories can develop anywhere, traveling becomes a key job criterion.
2. Deadlines, deadlines and more deadlines -
The panic of approaching deadlines
No one more than journalists can understand the importance of meeting deadlines, specially since they just never end for them.
3. Maintaining objectivity -
Be objective!
Many a times, a journalist will find himself/herself reporting about a currently hot and well debated issue. Only journalists know how difficult (and important) it becomes to stay objective while covering these issues.
4. That horrible writer’s block -
It really is
Writer’s block is a horrible thing. And even more so than authors and novelists, journalists can relate to it completely. Because they have point number 2 to deal with.
5. Coffee is a godsend -
Addicted to Coffee
When deadlines have to be met, editors have to be satisfied, and events need to be covered, coffee acts as that life saving fuel that journalists need.
6. No such thing as ‘enough’ stationery
Never ending use of stationary
Be it pens, pencils, notepads, markers or notebooks, journalists are always in need of them throughout the year.
7. Work is 24 x 7 -
Say goodbye to weekends
And finally, all journalists can relate to work being a 24×7 thing. As developing news stories are not exactly considerate of normal working hours, journalists knows very well that a 9 to 5 shift is never going to happen for them.
Author Name: Aayaan Upadhyaya
