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Reflecting on My Journalism Degree and How It Helped to Define Me

It is definitely a Friday. I've been very reflective lately, which, to be honest, hasn't done a lot for my creativity or productivity. If anything, it just has made me think about all of the goals I want to accomplish and lament how fast time seems to be flying by. Time is the great equalizer of life. We all have it, yet it is never guaranteed. How people choose to spend their time often ends up defining who they are. Some

"This I Believe" Inspired by the late Edward R. Murrow

I want to share my own “This I Believe," inspired by the late, great broadcast Journalist, Edward R. Murrow.

In case you aren't familiar with "This I Believe," it was a five-minute CBS Radio Network Program, originally hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. The show encourages both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air. This I Believe became a cultural phenomenon that stressed individual belief rather than religious dogma. Its popularity both developed and waned within the era of US Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War.