Pleased to meet you - my name is Brian Westover. I'm a student in Comm 240, Intro to Journalism, taught by Brother Williams. This blog will be my official blogging outlet for the class, and all of my posts for the class will go right here.
This is not my first blogging venture, however. Once upon a time, I was regularly posting at thewriterspot.blogspot.com, and there's a good possibility that I'll post these entries there as well, and resurrect that blog. It was a blog about freelance writing, and my trying to learn the business. Writing is, after all, what I want to do for a living.
My ultimate goal is to work regularly with one or more magazines, ideally writing about health, science, and self-improvement topics. I think I’d prefer magazine writing over hard news journalism, if only because it would be less stressful. This is however, just a general direction, and I’ll likely wind up doing something very different. Given the present economy, I’ll probably be happy for any job I can get.
Last but not least, here are a few facts about me that aren’t writing related:
- - I’m married, and have been for two and a half years. My wife’s name is Jessica, and she’s great.
- - I’m working full time at RadioShack. It’s a crappy job, but it pays the bills.
- - I started out as an engineering major, and I hated it – a lot.
I guess that’s about it for me. I am looking forward to this semester, and everything this class can teach me.
