While in our first year of college going for a journalism degree I had a opportunity to get some extra credits.
This was for me to write a special paper on the heating and A/C industry. I took the offer to get the extra credits although I knew nothing about the heating and A/C industry. What I did was tons of research on the internet and by making some PC calls to local heat and A/C companies to get the general information and answers to questions. All of this over the course of a few weeks gave me all the information I needed about heating and cooling to be able to successfully write the paper! I wrote the paper on the heating and A/C industry and ended up getting an A plus grade on it. The teacher at the college asked me if I had some kind of family that worked in heating and A/C or if I myself may have had some previous experience. I told them no and how I gathered all of this information about heating and A/C on our own and l received enough about it to write the paper. The teacher was truly impressed that I was able to get that much information about heating and A/C and that I wrote the paper as if I easily knew what I was easily talking about. This is what makes a great journalist and why I was able to get the extra credits for the assignment!