by Colleen Canty
“Hey Bethany, can I tell my class about that one time you
stalked that dude?”
“Depends. Will it end up in the Collegian? Colleen…”
This is how a lot of my conversations go with friends. Transitioning
from reporting classes, news meetings and brainstorming sessions in the
newsroom to friend dinners, cocktail parties and essentially any social event involving
real human interaction isn’t always seamless.
Sometimes I just can’t leave my reporter’s curiosity at the
door, which makes people paranoid and self-conscious.
But sometimes it pays off with a great idea.
Most of my feature stories I get from talking with people –
after all, people talk about what interests them, so they’re likely to read
about similar things.
For my Facebook stalking feature, I just happened upon all
the personal stories I bring up. I keep my ears open, I casually dig for more
information if I think it may go somewhere…and sometimes my friends even hang
out with me on the weekend.
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