While in my first year of school going for a journalism degree I had a option 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 but 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 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 professor at the school 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 gained enough about it to write the paper. The professor was actually impressed that I was able to get that much information about heating and a/c and that I wrote the paper as if I actually knew what I was entirely talking about. This is what makes a great journalist and why I was able to get the extra credits for the assignment!