As an aspiring journalist and currently an opinion writer for The Legacy, LU’s student newspaper, I became really interested in reading successful and experienced column writers. Columnists are known for their great and thorough reporting and researching skills.
These writers understand the intricacies of investigative journalism and writing hard news stories yet they can portray subtle meanings through metaphors, detailed images, and simple diction. Their writing is an art. Their art however, is portrayed to a dwindling number of readers.
But they continue to see. And they continue to write. Most importantly, they continue to make sense of the world we all seem to survive in.
For my final project, I chose to study the works of modern columnists. These articles cover ordinary acts, everyday people, current issues, and life lessons among other topics. Each is different and therefore uses a distinct style of writing to deliver their messages.
They are amazing because they can interpret events as ideas. Abstract thought in the modern world is hidden in the opinion pages of the newspaper. We look, yet we can’t seem to find it. It remains in the driveway, the desk, and underneath stacks of pages we might never go through. It lingers.
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