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Before my internship this summer, I never really considered who decided what was in the news. I always just figured that journalist were given a list of things to write about from their editors and then they would report it. I guess I thought this because this was how it worked for the few articles I wrote for The Daily. When I got to my job, this preconceived notion was not the case. Much of my responsibility is coming up with the news myself. I one of the neighborhoods I report for is actually one that I live in. So, I am not only responsible for being on the job when I am in the office—in fact, I have started to keep my eyes peeled and ask informative questions when I am just wondering around my hood on my off time. I was surprised but very happy to learn that much of journalism is coming up with and reporting the medium. A large part of news is filtering what deserves to be news and what does not—a process I had never taken part in. Perhaps if I was at a daily newspaper instead of a weekly one, the process would be very different as a result of the high demand. Either way, it has been a great learning experience.