Accidental Education

By Abbie Whelan
http://twitter.com/feelinthewhelan

This blog is all about providing for the reader’s interests, as well as serving as canvas for us, as a group, to share our thoughts, opinions and interests with those who care to delve into our world. As a journalism student, this blog creates an opportunity for me to share my thoughts and experiences with journalism and all students alike.

Our blog stands to provide interesting reviews and takes on other works in the journalism arena, so that our readers can get fresh and exciting views on these, rather than getting the boring, dragged out versions, without the spice of the writer’s opinion.

The whole point of journalism is to get information out there into the world, to make it accessible to those that want to read it. On the other hand though, the point of being a student at varsity is to learn while having as much fun as is humanly possible. Our blog combines these two concepts, allowing students to get hold of information that they can learn from and that they want to know, while also getting the fun side of things with the opinions of our group and of our fellow students who will surely have a thing or two to say. Learning to write reviews is part of becoming a journalist, so our blog is also here to help journalism students like ourselves learn these skills while having fun and learning about the world at the same time.

As a fun-loving Rhodent and aspiring journalist myself, I know that this sort of blog may not catch the attention of readers as easily as other, and our reviews and opinions may be addressing issues that other students would rather leave to find out about on the radio while driving to their next big night out, but that is why our delivery is different to that which is expected.

With a focus on political issues, I hope to bring some enlightenment to those readers who are not as aware as they should be about what is going on around them in their own country and around the world. Of course, I will be adding my own spin to these reviews, and the opinions of students on campus will always be given a spot in my posts.

With our input as a group, and our aim to educate as well as entertain fellow students and up-and-coming journalists, we really seek to deliver relevancy to the Rhodes campus, giving our fellow classmates their very own Rhodent’s slice of cheese.