Okay so technically they are not my peers because I am not a journalist presently. But when my blog showed up on NCJ, then LoCo, and today when I noticed it on Times-Standard Social Wire, I was so stoked!
When I was in Philadelphia, I left a larger newspaper, went to a small weekly, and was the only staff reporter and I scooped my former publication every time. I went back briefly to the larger paper because I have always been lucky to have good, supportive editors who valued me.
There is something special about being a local news reporter. You are a part of your community, you develop relationships, trust, connections.
There is a part of me that misses being part of a newsroom but what I do now fuels my passion. I will always prefer print media but social media has it's own advantages.
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