By Ryan Quinn
Edited by Derek Legette
While I began in journalism's opinion side, I've fallen in love with objectivity. It's far harder to dig up facts and present all sides than to simply present your own opinions, but it's ultimately more rewarding to seek the whole truth.
Beginning with seeing the online comments on my first news articles, I have felt much more pride at giving readers the factual tools to develop their own perspectives.
I'm a 22-year-old Lowcountry native and fourth-year print journalism student with a minor in political science. As a freshman, I began writing a column for USC's The Daily Gamecock, blabbering almost exclusively about the 2008 presidential election.
Over seven semesters, I eventually became head of the editorial page and the news editor. I interned at the (Charleston) Post and Courier last summer, and this summer I will hold a Dow Jones News Fund copy-editing internship at the New York Times Editing Center in Gainesville, Fla.
Journalism means finding the truth and presenting it to your audience – fairly, yes, and coupled with the hope to minimize harm, but devoid of frills, jargon and facades. My job as a reporter is to find out what's happening, why it's happening and why you should care and lay it out for you in as few words as possible.
I'm a 22-year-old print journalism student with a minor in political science.
