Yesterday, July 28, Star Tribune travel writer Chris Welsh came to our school and talked to us about aspects of journalism as well as share some stories with us. He's been all over; Orlando, Costa Rica, and more than 40 countries total.
While at the University of Nebraska, he pursued a double major, English and journalism, and he ended up getting an internship with the Star Tribune. The internship landed him access to the paper, and he wrote articles in his spare time, so naturally he wondered what would happen if he wanted his article in the paper. To his surprise, his staff really liked his article.
He later moved to the Czechoslovakia, where he taught English. Unlike teaching foreign languages in America and teaching a broad spectrum of words, other countries learn words specific to what they're learning about. For instance, the journalism dept. would learn words relating to news-writing and papers and whatnot, and architecture students would learn words in that field. Honestly I think that's a better way to do it.
Unfortunately, Chris will be moving away. He's moving to Boulder, CO with his wife, but fear not, he's still going to be persuing journalism, but he'll be practicing enviro-journalism.
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