When I was browsing other classmates’ blogs, I saw a comment Mindy made on Laura’s blog. Mindy recommended one of her favourite Journalism blogs, so I clicked into that one and found many great things. The blog was called Maranda Writes, written by a new graduated journalist. She shares her experiences as a new journalist in her job and what she learned in journalism school. All her experiences, struggling and thoughts remind me of my last year experience as a journalist in China. Though we are in different countries which enjoy really different media systems and regulations, the feelings as new journalists are kinda of similar. She said that challenge is the core of journalism and liking challenge is the essential quality of being a journalist. I have been asking myself the same question “what’s my advantage of being a journalist” since I stepped into journalism school five years ago. I don’t know any field very well and I cannot write very well, I am always in a situation of question my capabilities. However, I know at least I have some merits that I like communicating with others, I like going out to find something I don’t know and I like challenging the world and myself. Knowing nothing is not the worst, but don’t realize that you know nothing is the worst. Challenge the knowledge you have may be the key of being a successful journalist.

Also I like all the quotes on her blog. These are the quotes I really like:

• “I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.”
  — Henry Luce
• “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
  — Aldous Huxley
• “It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”
  — Confucius