Courts and other stuff

WOW if reading about a job is head splitting and daunting why would anyone would to perform it? Who in the world would voluntarily put themselves through so much suffering? There are s many components to trials so many pesky details through mounds of boredom. It seems a court beat reporter has to sit to through ages of deathly-boring material to get one little interesting story- but they have to pay attention to each detail because there is a chance that at any one point in time during the trial the story of a lifetime may unfold.

not only does court material seem inhumanly boring but ridiculously hard to understand as well. A reporter has to pay attention to every pesky detail. I would not be able to tell the difference between a jail and a prison if I was sent on a court story. The reporter does not have a law degree so she or he must at all times feel two steps behind everyone else in the court. and what is worse he or she can under no circumstances report inaccurate information and report in a way that his or her readers may understand. So a reporter must understand the case in depth and have no question regarding the validity of the facts with which he or she is presenting.

All of this would be hard enough to do if all the information was presented on a silver platter to the journalist. but no! on top of all the troubles mentioned above there is more much more-- in order to even begin doing anything that I mentioned previously a reporter must first search, hunt and attack for information. any details of a case may be hard to get and to prove their validity even harder.

WAY TOO MUCH WORK- I fell bad for these people but perhaps I should hold my tongue for their work may soon seem like child's play to me- the journalism institution is ever evolving and the reporters job is getting harder and harder. I should be prepared for a long haul of work in my career of choice.