The Creative Informers

English 2150

SabrinaSmith

                                   The Creative Informers

           They say it takes a village to raise a child, but caring for the juvenile tendencies that fuse out of the city takes a special group of individuals.  They dwell among the cluttered cubicles of publishing firms and spend their days capturing the essence of the immature municipality.  Journalists fuel the city with their own kind of innovation.  It is not tangible or mediocre, for those qualities would fully illustrate the ethos of the metropolis.  These individuals contribute to the art of journalism, the written vehicle of reporting and analytical reasoning for those who are willing to follow.  New York is a place full of egotistical, outrageous, courageous, and exceptional people putting society on strings to dance for the fun of it.  Thankfully, the true journalists are there to tell the story.

            As Scottish journalist Andrew Marr is fond of saying, “News is what the consensus of what journalists determines to be.”  New York is action packed with lengths of informative and entertaining news alike.  The daily experience in the train station can reveal simple performances, where one can find a poor blind man singing with the voice of an angel to get through another day.  The visit of a celebrity on 42^nd street can do more than turn the streets of Manhattan into a chaotic site.  The duty of the journalist is to be able to interpret every kind of experience and allow the reader to become a part of that experience when doing so. The city is the cultivation of diversity and unpredictable discovery.  Whether the outcome holds possibility of success or regrettable failure, journalists are there to provide the sense of objectivity to news reporting. 

            Based on the words of Colson Whitehead, the city can be personified as the supreme magnanimity, since anything lower in its court can never surpass its prominence.  There are other “so called” individuals disguised as the true artists of the craft.  They look, talk and indulge in their work like journalists, but in the presence of the real deal they are no match for the diligence and utmost dedication emitted by the Manhattan storytellers.  The urban reporter has qualifications beyond that of a commoner.  He/she must have the mastery, willingness and determination to go out into the world and take the elements in the palm of their hands.  It is with great capability that the writer takes something so indifferent and transforms it into the story of the year, receiving an even bigger recognition for such hard work. New York has the upper hand when it comes to producing great journalistic writers because it is the center of where exciting and daring bygones and foreshadows exist, creating a basis for depth and interesting assessment.

            This piece is a dedication to the assemblage of individuals who have touched the very depth of my creative soul.  They have social power, for they possess the authority to interchange any aspect of an episode that crosses the inventiveness of the city.   It has become a dream of mine to walk in the permanent shoes of the “pop artist” of the writing industry.  I find these individuals to be impeccably necessary and ideal for the progressive notion of our society.  Take a minute and imagine the ‘death’ of a newspaper, pages of knowledge destroyed with no source of explanation.  How could society then interpret the occurrences of city life?  There would be no way, and that would be unbelievably depressing.  The journalist must continue their work in order to keep the hope the documentation breathing for the life of journalism to continue.

            A journalist of New York City eats, sleeps and breathes New York, taking the time out to instill all the beautiful components of the city and bringing it into a creative retrospect.  In order for anyone to intellectually understand the ins and outs of our unique city, that person with the little workspace but a mind full of ideas will provide a remarkable insight to what they have been experiencing for most of their career.  Danish reporter, Jacob Riis, took the idea of preserving oneself in their field, and ran with it.  Riis became known for his writing because the city was his muse and resource to literary accomplishment.  According to a short biography[1], “New York City slums became his beat and his writings were the true works that helped changed the city for the better.”  The splendor of it all comes through the passion and ‘motherly instincts’ of this writer, and now the foundation of the city can be seen as some sort of extravaganza, waiting for an encore to remind it of what it’s been worth all along.

            The journalist is the human interpretation of what our city stands for.  Reporters are diverse, that is, they cover different elements that happen throughout the city, and every one of them excels at their own niche.  News writers promote the now and how of the consistent, ground- breaking changes in the city.  From the inauguration of President Obama to the report of the 150 people  from the “more than a miracle” plane landing, the news artists are there to get the scoop and inform the public about the fluctuating and developing accounts.  Another involves features, which tell about an event with an entertaining, opinion which allows both the writer and the readers to share their ideas regarding certain topics, and business that is the voice for our industrial city speaking on behalf of the ‘flopped’ economy.  Like the separate jobs of a journalist, the city has differing individuals who although do not come from the same backgrounds and traditions, share the familiar desire to live among an extraordinary environment.

            New York is on the go, and it rarely stops to take a rest.  It is the city that never sleeps, for there is far too much to be done and too little time to do so.  We New Yorkers jump on any given opportunity because we have no clue of when that lucky chance will ever come back in our favor.  The city is noisy, intrusive, hectic and ‘all over the place’ but we adore it just the same.  The same can be said for the popular writers of the journalism corporation.  We sometimes tire of their persistence and constant motion to get from story to story, questioning each individual that shows some kind of importance in the piece that they are working on.  The determination is overwhelming but we cannot help but have a high regard for what they do, and how they help not only the city but our society.  Informative artwork is never something to be taken lightly, and the work of these journalists reminds us of that thought with every issue of a newspaper or magazine that comes out. 

            It is with great pleasure that I have had the opportunity know these individuals.  I cannot recite their birthdays or every accomplishment made in their lives, but I do know that these people do more than tell a story.  They are a part of the urbanized experience, and without them, well, I guess we will never know, for there will be no one there to inform us.  My scheme as one of their successors is to continue the imminent goals that they set in motion for the future of the journalism world.