Michael Rosenblum Saved my life. November 6, 2009

I’m tired of all the whining about how the journalism model is broken, there’s no jobs and we need a better plan. Every time a read an article about it my eyes roll on their own. Yes the model is broken, yes we need to fix it. But nothing is going to fix it’s self. Stop complaining about it, be proactive, think about yourself and figure out what you need to do to not be jobless.

Professor Selvin announced that Michael Rosenblum was coming to speak to our class. I rolled my eyes. Even though I didn’t know who he was if just figured he was some journalist who was going to ramble on about how the business model is broken blah blah blah. I assumed that I would spend the better part of the class time drawing 3-D cubes in my notebook and making a grocery list.

She sent us links to his blog and some other blogs he asked us to read before he came. So I read his blog. He made me angry. Who is the guy? Who does he think he is? He said that Harry Potter was written solely for proft in a comment response to his blog. J.K. Rowling started writing when she was six and although she was on welfare when she wrote Harry Potter, I’m sure it wasn’t just for profit.  What does Michael Rosenblum know?

He knows a lot. I had a grudge against him when he started but by the end of class I wanted to hug him.

I’m an Asian Studies major who had the intent on being a ESL teacher. Last spring I started my teaching classes and found out I *hated* it. I would come home from class observations with a headache and thought about taking up chain smoking.

Enter the quater life crisis. I had no idea what I was going to do with myself. As I whined to my husband about it (who does what he loves) he asked me what I really wanted to do. All I want to do is talk about food and travel. He suggests I sign up for journalism classes.

I start taking journalism classes and find out there is no jobs.

Then Michael Rosenblum comes to class. In less than an hour the man who made me angry taught me how to be in business for myself.  It was so easy and I knew that, but having someone who had done it tell me that I could do it too. Well that just made my day. And now I like him.

I currently keep a food blog, which has served as a journal of my food adventures. I want something more from it. Since I left class my mind has been ticking as to how I can make money with it doing something I love. I have ideas and just need to figure out how to put them to work for me. Maybe when I graduate this spring I will be able to be doing what I love. Cooking and Traveling and getting paid for it.

Thanks Michael!

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