Elaine McArdle

A journalist named Elaine McArdle came to visit our school yesterday. Since she is a journalist, and this is interactive journalism, we went to see her. She talked about her job and I had known what a journalist was before but I had never heard one talk about it. It made journalism seem a lot more interesting and real to me. Before, I thought that it was just being given a topic and writing about it but now I know that you can look for your own story to submit. Also there is a lot of interaction with other people, doing interviews and finding out information . It's not just sitting alone in a room late at night, writing.