{"id":67469,"date":"2018-08-27T07:34:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T11:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=67469"},"modified":"2018-08-28T07:52:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:52:55","slug":"in-my-own-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/27\/in-my-own-words\/","title":{"rendered":"In my own words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I graduated from Tioga Central High School in 2016 and almost immediately, SUNY Plattsburgh and the North Country became my home. Every between-semester break I would desire to head back north. But college isn\u2019t cheap, so when I am home I try to make a buck. This summer I had an opportunity to gather practical experience toward my future career as a journalist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By coming home and writing for The Owego Pennysaver Press, I was able to look at my hometown in a new way and appreciate where I came from through the events I\u2019ve attended, and the people I\u2019ve talked with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few opportunities stand out as some favorites for me. My first week I was able to contribute to Stray Haven\u2019s shelter mission by spreading the word about their work. I attended a town meeting where actual decisions affecting the town were being made. A few weeks later I was able to photograph and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/06\/wynonna-and-the-big-noise-performs-for-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cover a concert<\/a> for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the people I\u2019ve interacted along the way were inspiring too: a group of re-enactors who perform as if it\u2019s 1902, high school students who give up a week of their summer for a mission trip, business owners who want to give back to their community, and two brothers who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/07\/24\/paddling-their-way-to-the-444-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trekked the entire length<\/a> of the Susquehanna River.<\/p>\n<p>I am extremely grateful for the opportunities I was given this summer. I never thought it would feel so rewarding to cover my hometown.<\/p>\n<p>Up at SUNY Plattsburgh, while sitting in a journalism classroom discussing current events, we can sometimes forget about the small-town happenings. Through my work this summer, I\u2019ve learned that a micro scale can lead to more fulfillment than a macro scale.<\/p>\n<p>I am about to start my senior year in Magazine Journalism and as a Public Relations major at SUNY Plattsburgh. In the future, I hope to write for a regional publication, telling the stories of its people, places and history &#8211; just as I was able to do in Tioga County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I graduated from Tioga Central High School in 2016 and almost immediately, SUNY Plattsburgh and the North Country became my home. 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