Challenges

There are many challenges I face with writing journalistically compared to writing academically. I went to a high school that focused on English and writing papers. My teachers never taught me any other way to write besides academically. It is hard for me not to write in MLA format when I’m writing for JMC 2033. Writing journalistically has caused me some problems because the writer is supposed to focus on getting to the point, nouns and verbs, while I am used to wordy writing and making a paper as long as I can. When I write journalistically, I have to cut down my wordiness.