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A Slice of My Life

I’ve always been big on sampler platters.  I love all kinds of food in general and I find that my favorite meals are made up of little tastes of different dishes.  I never eat very much of one thing, just snack all day like a scavenger on whatever I can find.  (I believe that half the media lives this way, especially after last week’s reaction to food in the newsroom.)

But, I think this is also why I like being a reporter.  I wake up uncertain of what I’ll be doing each day. I go wherever the story takes me, and live it for a short period of time. 

This week, I’d have to say my favorite slice was my experience covering the Harry Potter phenomenon.  Not only was it unique because our own promotions producer received her copy early, but covering the book release revealed something that,-during the age of video games, text messaging, television, and computers,-I thought was being thrown to the wayside. 

Children still read.  It was amazing to walk into Books-A-Million Friday night and see hundreds of young kids as excited about a book as they were about the Nintendo Wii.  I only hope this trend continues and people of all ages realize nothing beats a good story.

So, who knows what the next week will bring, what news will break, or how late at night I’ll still be working as the weekend approaches.  But one thing is for certain: when Tuesday rolls around I’ll be hungry for more.

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