Knowing When You're Good
The first time I ever had an "ah ha" moment that I might actually be a good journalist was when Michel Gondry, the award-winning director of Eternal Sunshine and Dave Chappelle's Block Party, personally invited to watch a screening of one of his films with him and a couple of my co-workers, after having a good interview with Dave Chappelle. Long story short - we ended up not being able to see it because the film couldn't be flown to Ohio in time.
Yeah, that's a very cool and surreal experience. A decidedly uncool experience, however, was when I really realized that I might be good:
People start copying me.
Unlike my last post, where a 'rival' paper was late to the punch on a story I already wrote on, this case was a 'Corey Spring copy-paste' from the article I wrote at Newsvine.
Some say it's a nice compliment, but honestly, I don't think I've ever had a compliment that has pissed me off more. Comments are turned off on this one, because I don't think there is anymore to be said that wasn't said in the article and discussion here.
Yeah, that's a very cool and surreal experience. A decidedly uncool experience, however, was when I really realized that I might be good:
People start copying me.
Unlike my last post, where a 'rival' paper was late to the punch on a story I already wrote on, this case was a 'Corey Spring copy-paste' from the article I wrote at Newsvine.
Some say it's a nice compliment, but honestly, I don't think I've ever had a compliment that has pissed me off more. Comments are turned off on this one, because I don't think there is anymore to be said that wasn't said in the article and discussion here.
