After returning to Xinjiang, in order to cooperate with the teacher's lecture, I was arranged to conduct a mock interview with my classmates in class. After class, the teacher told me with great satisfaction, Jiaojiao, you did a good job just now, you really look like a reporter, you can become a reporter in the future, anyway, your personality is suitable for that job.
Maybe that strange uncle and teacher just said that off-the-cuff at the time, but now, I have really become a journalism student.
When I remembered the time when I applied for the college entrance examination, schools that did not major in journalism were not considered at all, and the schools that filled in the application, the first choice was all journalism.
Resolute and relentless.
Stumbled into the third year of this university that I once yearned for, I am more and more unsure whether I chose news because of my love or what others said was suitable.
All I know is that since I chose news, I have decided from the bottom of my heart that I want to be a reporter in the future, a reporter who speaks justice for the weak.
I hope I can be as calm as Chai Jing, as generous as Luqiu, and as persistent as Veronica in the film.
However, in the end, these are just hopes for now.
When I don't fully understand what kind of profession a reporter is, I envy the different people and things they experience every day, as well as the fresh journey of running around; I yearn for them to be called "uncrowned kings". The aura of beauty and the role of justice they play; what they want urgently is the ability to witness various milestones or historic moments like them and then pass it on to us off-camera.
However, the closer you get to this profession, the more you deny your original cognition.
At several class reunions after high school graduation, "don't forget me if you become famous in the future" is the most common thing that everyone said after seeing me. For such a misunderstanding, I have nothing to say except an embarrassed smile.
How many famous journalists have you seen? It's just a subsistence job.
I remember when my family knew that I had chosen journalism and wanted to be a reporter in the future, my uncle was the first to object, saying that it would be too tiring and unsafe for a girl to be a reporter. To be honest, from the beginning to the end, I never thought that being a journalist was a dangerous profession. It was not until our journalism teacher told us about some of her personal experiences that I reluctantly labelled reporters as "somewhat dangerous". Tag of.
As shown in the film, when a reporter's report involves interests, threats, intimidation, and murder follow one after another. Out of her conscience and dignity as a reporter, Veronica chose to persevere, but she finally gave her life. Fortunately, her death changed what she wanted to change, and she was undeniably a good reporter.
Ask yourself, if it were me, would it persist?
I don't know why that strange uncle and the teacher think I should be a reporter, after thinking about it, I think it's probably because I'm articulate, good at communicating with people, and so on. So, for a long time, I had the misconception that these characteristics of mine would make me a good journalist. In fact, these are just some pediatrics.
I just want to say to myself: Since you have chosen the distance, you must go through trials and hardships; since you have chosen news, you must never give up.
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