All good things come to an end.....

Well, we've reached the end of the semester and my days of blogging for a while. These past three months have been a time of learning, self-reflection, and becoming a better person/journalist. Before this class, I have never done a blog before. I think it's a great way to provide insight into a specific topic. This has allowed me to explore different facets of the health world on the U.S.-Mexico border. I hope I did my job in showing people different aspects of the issue.

People need to realize how important border issues are, especially in places like California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. There are so many different websites that address the different issues. It's important to stay informed about what's going on, even if you don't live in the "border region." Health is especially important because it concerns everybody and determines their future. Knowing how to stay healthy in a foreign country is great knowledge to have.

I feel like I've learned so much reading other blogs from my classmates as well. If it wasn't for them, I would not know half of the things I know now. To be honest with everyone, I was very apprehensive going into this class. I thought it would be extremely difficult to run an online publication dealing with the border. Then came the blogs, and I was clueless. However, we were all able to rise to the occasion and produce and award-winning, online, student run newspaper. That alone will help each of us get jobs in the future. I think we are all better people for being in Borderbeat and know have some knowledge that many people lack and never will be able to acquire.

This class has made me a better journalist. I've had experiences that bettered my future. I never would have been able to go to St. Andrew's Clinic and show people what happens there. Online journalism is the future, and we, as journalists, are going to make the future great because of it. I thank everybody in the class--it was a team effort to get this paper together. I also thank Professor Rochlin for always being supportive and allowing our creative sides to show. Borderbeat is something everyone should be proud of!

To view some of the stories I've done this semester, click here.
To view our publication, click here.