While in my first year of college going for a journalism degree I had a opening 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 iphone calls to local heat and companies to get the general information and answers to questions. All of this over the course of a few weeks provided 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 instructor 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 my own and l earned enough about it to write the paper. The instructor was certainly impressed that I was able to get that much information about heating and A/C and that I wrote the paper as if I entirely knew what I was truly talking about. This is what makes a fantastic journalist and why I was able to get the extra credits for the assignment!