Local SDX president and former national SPJ president Reggie Stuart had a few words of wisdom for the Virginial Commonwealth University SPJ chapter: Learn a second language.
From the VCU blog:
“If you’re going to be a 21st century journalist, you have to know Spanish,” said Stuart. He pointed out that the majority of American journalists today do not speak Spanish, or any other foreign language. As a result, large populations living in America are being excluded from the media.
“We’re missing telling their stories,” said Stuart. He added that usage of a translator was not nearly as effective because “things are lost in translation” and said that it is ideal to “cut the middle man” in order to capture a person’s true emotions and feelings about a situation.
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