Journalism changed my life

Something Special
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If someone would have told me I was going to find my place in the newspaper business when I “grew up,” I never would have believed it. 

Being somewhat of a free spirit, and a lover of so many different things, I never could pinpoint what it was that I really wanted to do with my life.

When I took an open position at the Grant Tribune-Sentinel six years ago, it changed my life forever. 

I quickly found a passion for the newspaper and everything it encompassed. It is the same routine week after week, yet it is always different, no two weeks the same. 

I grew to know all of the moving parts that make it work, and thoroughly enjoy the entire business community that comes with it. 

Despite leaving to work for myself, thinking that the opportunity of more money sounded like the right choice, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to come back to the paper when a position became available in 2015. 

Now, nearly three years later, I feel I have really found my place. Knowing this is not only exactly where I am meant to be, but where I truly want to be, allows me to look ahead at where I believe this journey is taking me. 

The newspaper gives me the privilege to serve a community  I love, and find creative ways to connect members in ways  they might not have otherwise. Through stories. Through columns. Through specialty pages. Even through ads. 

I will forever enjoy finding ways to spark that community connection. 

The platform that is the newspaper comes with great responsibility to inform our readers of the facts, and issues/stories that are near and dear to their lives. 

It is a goal, but also a standard for me, to present the facts and relay the news from both sides in an unbiased, un-opinionated fashion, as I believe any good journalist should. 

The ability to tell a story to the whole world whether it be to educate or to entertain is nothing short of an honor. If you’re writing a story on someone, or even something, it is typically monumental - to someone, somehow, in some way. 

We as journalists have this incredible opportunity to tell the stories of our lives. The stories families cut out of our paper and save to show future generations. The stories the community will look back on to see where we were, where we are now, how we got here and where we are going.

All of these moments in life, and I, as a journalist get to tell the story and capture the moments.  

I hope to continue to tell these stories and never take for granted the honor it is to be a journalist.

As I continue my newspaper adventure, I fall more in love with it all the time, and enjoy coming up with new ideas to keep us relevant and thriving. 

In a world where we must compete with the likes of the internet and social media, I want to keep our newspaper alive and something people don’t want to miss. Something people look forward to and can get excited about. Something that can be taken seriously, but also maybe bring an unexpected smile. 

I’d like to think that what we are doing today would make those who preceded us proud and that the core values and principles of the newspaper are being carried out through my work on a regular and continued basis, and we can hold fast as the cornerstone of our community. 

I love my job, I love my employer. I wake up every single day, (okay, okay.... I’ll be honest...ALMOST every day) excited to come to work. And that, to me, is really something special.

 

The Grant Tribune-Sentinel

308-352-4311 (Phone)

PO Box 67
327 Central Ave in Grant
Grant NE 69140