DAY 26 OF MY CREATIVE WRITING JOURNEY. THE PROMPT WAS TO CONTINUE WRITING AFTER THE SENTENCE ENDS “IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL…”
“It makes my blood boil, when I see young people, with no visible interest in knowing or understanding their worlds, become journalists and begin talking about saving democracy and civil rights before learning basic things like filing a news copy. I mean it makes no sense, at all.” Soy said frustratingly to her colleague.
Soy has been the editor of an international news organisation for last 13 years.
He joined this organization as a trainee, worked as a reporter for many years & then handled desk for many more years before becoming the editor.
He was what others call ‘the idealist’ of his newsroom.
And probably his idealistic thinking helped him maintain a distance from all ideologies and good men aka messiahs of the political landscape.
It was his belief that it’s not possible for one man to change the world for others.
“I also don’t understand why these young journalists become the unpaid agents of this political party or that political party, this cause or that cause, before understanding what they are defending. They speak more, on social media, than listen to people who know these things. I am all for freedom of speech, youngesters should be able to tell what they feel but I feel bad for them as they kill their early years on their phones on something they don’t understand.” replied his colleague.
PS – This is the 26th day of my journey to write everyday for next one year.
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