The Future

I have been lucky enough to be able to acquire an internship at the place I have dreamt about having an internship at since high school, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. My reason for stating this is that I will now be able to be directly involved in writing stories about children.

I have learned so much through the research I have done for this blog and am so excited to be able to use my new knowledge to help me at the position I am moving into.

Through my research and blogging I have realized that the majority of media coverage that is done on children is when they do something bad, rather than when they do something good. The stories also highlight, for the most part, the innocence of the child or how ever the child is portrayed by the majority of the people surrounding the story.

As I stated before, journalists need to investigate more and dig deeper in order to truly be able to portray children and anyone for that matter in the way in which they should be portrayed.

As I begin my internship with the Communications and Marketing Department at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, I hope to be able to convey the stories of the children and families in the true essence of who they are and what their purpose truly is.

It is important to me to be able to make a difference, especially a difference in the way in which children are portrayed within the news media.

Television shows, movies, social media platforms, and the news all make up a peer pressure system that can sometimes overtake and overshadow what is truly happening and who it is truly happening to. It is my hope that I will be able to take my newly acquired knowledge and be able to prove to others and myself that people, especially children, can be portrayed in the way in which they are truly meant to be portrayed.

This blog post does not require any links or outside sources because it is simply an ending to one chapter and a beginning to another.

Blogging for this semester has been a great experience that I hope to be able to continue in the future. However, maybe trying to stay more constant an up-to-date on it.

I do encourage others to at least try to blog at least once in your life because it is an experience that truly does teach you a lot. As this semester comes to a close, just as my college career is quickly coming to an end, I am happy that I know have some experience in blogging and that I now have an outlet where I can let my opinions and research be seen and heard.

Thank you for those of you who have kept up on my blog posts and have learned something along the way. Remember, you never truly know the truth about something until you experience it for yourself. Therefore, try new things and absolutely research so that you can be more knowledgeable about whatever subject you want to know more about.

Thanks again and happy blogging :)

--- Bri