Jeff Cohen...is a superstar.

Having Jeff come to the class on Tuesday was a total eye opener.  As I approach graduation and the horrific fact that I actually have to grow up and do something with my life, I realize that my goals and ideas of where I'll be are constantly changing.  Big corporate media is always the aspiration of budding journalists.  We want to be the next Katie Couric or the next staff writer of the New York Times.  We're jaded by the fame and the desk at 30 Rock and all of the flashy parts of big media.  But we forget the base of the job...real reporting and journalism.  The idea that a corporation would silence or restrict the work I do, or compromise my journalistic integrity like they did to Jeff, is appalling.  Independent media is looking better by the second.  It's a journalists rebellion! Digging up real stories, uncovering and exposing problems, working to solutions, all while sticking it to the man.  I might have found my niche.  I guess we'll see.  I am saddened that my Cinderella dream of becoming the next Joan London or Barbara Walters isn't as fairly tale as I thought.  But I am excited by the new possibilities and all that digital and independent media has to offer.   Hopefully there's a place waiting for me somewhere...