Author: Cedeem

Last week Thursday my friend and I went to the Major Minor Fair offered at Baruch. Although the fair was interesting, and very inviting, I was not really all that captivated because I’m sure as to what my major will be. I’ve decided to be an English major because it’s what I love, and for many years I thought it wouldn’t be possible to make a career out of my passion, my recent internship proved me otherwise. Most of my bosses at Grove Atlantic, a leading independent American publisher, were English majors and inspired me to pursue a degree in English–and hopefully at publishing company much like Grove. As for my minor, the fair did give me some ideas as to what I could possibly do, although I’m nowhere near sure as to what I want to do with that, and I’m in no particular rush to decide. I was thinking either Finance, Sociology, or Journalism, but with Journalism I was considering that as a double major. It’s a lot to think about and the fair did give me that push I needed to start getting all the details of my major and minor together.

Journalism has always been an interest of mine, and what will most likely be what my major is. I enjoy writing in general, I feel as though it is my most effective way in communicating because written communication can be revised, whereas verbal communication cannot be undone. Also, In high school I wrote for my school newspaper for some time, so once I began classes at Baruch I thought it would be a good idea to join The Ticker.

On the first day of school, I went to their “table” and got a feel for what The Ticker was and what the staff was like. What interests me most about The Ticker and Journalism itself, is that it’s an intense field. After signing up to join the staff mailing list, it reminded me how news is always happening. For days I was constantly receiving emails from different editors about what stories we should write about, and what’s currently going on that should be reported about.

Although I haven’t produced any articles yet, I’m excited to start contributing at some point once I get adjusted to college life. I feel as though now, more than ever, honest reporting is necessary in order for our society to function. But until then, I’ll just keep checking my email and reading up on the new ideas for stories.