I am Bethany Hargrove, and I have an unreasonable love for words. I was born and raised in Central Oregon and home-schooled K-12. I graduated high school early and started going to Central Oregon Community College at the age of 16, when I discovered how much I love writing.
Although I never really thought about journalism, I ended up enrolling in a beginning reporting class, just to try a different style of writing. I always knew that I loved the garnering of information, and I discovered how much I enjoy going out and talking to people to find it. People are fascinating. Also, I have an incurable love for shouting from the rooftops, so journalism found a special place in my heart.
The future of journalism is here. Technologies like computers and electronic books have changed how the public wants to experience information. Easy access to public forums, like blogs, has given everyone a voice and a way to share news, whether personal or public. Although news may not be as accurate at the source as it has been in the past, the huge spike in news sources can give an accurate picture of what's going on in the world through differing points of view. Sources may be biased, but for every biased source there is one equally biased on the other side of the story, and there may even be a balanced source.
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