Top 3 Most Noteworthy News Experiences

Of my countless news experiences, one that particularly stands out in my mind is the reporting of 9/11. I had seen news and been around all forms of reporting my entire life but that is the first time in my life I had ever observed a story that impacted the entire country so profoundly. It was then when I realized that the news, in a strange way, keeps our entire nation united. I don't think those events would have impacted the nation to the extent that they did if they weren't reported as thoroughly as they were.

Another noteworthy news experience I have took place throughout my entire childhood. For as long as I could read up until I was about twelve, my family did not have cable. During this period of my life, I was for some reason infatuated with the San Fransisco Giants. The network channels only covered the Twins so I had to get my Giants updates each Sunday in the paper. I would scour the sports section checking everything from standings and box scores to the amount of home runs Barry Bonds hit that week. Ironically, later noteworthy news experiences in my life revealed the real reason Barry Bonds was hitting an exorbitant sum of home runs.

The most noteworthy news experience that I personally have had would have to be the story that was written about my legion baseball team the summer after my senior year of high school. Although it was the local paper and probably will never be labelled as a "hard-hitting story", the fact that somebody recognized how well we did that season and thought that it was worthy of sending to thousands of people gave me an accomplished feeling. I suppose that is something that draws me to the news. There are stories anywhere you look and if they are reported well, they are usually good stories.