In the newsroom

So Thursday and Friday saw my second experience of being in a real newsroom The first of which was when I was 16 and had just had my first article published and sat in the Buckinghamshire Advertiser newsroom working away trying to be a real journalist. My second experience was very unlike my first.
I'm 18 now sitting in the newsroom, not as bright eyed as bushy-tailed as I was at 16, probably a result of not going to sleep until 1am as a result of sitting in the corridor chatting for far too long.
However, something which strikes me about the two newsrooms I have experienced is the difference between them. One produces work for local press and is printed on a daily basis so works to incredibly tight deadlines. The other is a group of students working to try to make their work look great and to another tight deadline. The work ethic is similar, however, were a group of students working unpaid so are working to show off our talent and get a good grade. Whereas the journalists in the 'professional' newsroom are working to get paid.
You can't fault the atmosphere of both newsrooms, the hum of people searching through Twitter trying to find a story worthy of publishing. Although the content maybe different the attitude journalists take to their work can't be faulted.
One thing which was the most interesting about a day in the news room was how excited you get over a Breaking News! story as every journalist rushes to try to be the first to publish a link to it.
Hence why I spent half of my day creating a sister blog; I Prefer News. The blog is linked to this one and features brief news pieces in and around the world, some are local some global. Check it out at iprefernews.blogspot.com and see for yourself.
The newsroom inspired me today and thats something which doesn't happen often, how frequent is it that someone gets inspired over something so trivial? Well for me its often but not everything can force me to write. Today saw a change in that, it increased my want and desire to write and hopefully that attitude will stay.