I am not even going to lie to everyone here. When my journalism professor told my class that we had to go see the movie Spotlight for one of our homework assignments, I was not thrilled. I am not a huge movie person and honestly haven't even heard about it. He told us it was about how the Boston Globe covered a huge scandal within the Church. To me, it did not even sound intriguing. But lo and behold I found myself buying the movie on Amazon. I am here to tell everyone that I was so wrong about this movie.

So let's start off with a little plot summary. The movie takes place in 2001 at the Boston Globe. The newspaper has a small group of editors called the Spotlight, to write investigative articles. These articles usually take months to write and are often uncovering a big issue within the city. When a new editor arrives, he suggests the Spotlight team takes on a story about the Catholic Church in Boston.

What starts as a team of journalists thinking they are investigating one priest and his sexual assault case turns into much more than that. They are faced with new challenges and eye opening numbers they can't believe they missed.

The point of the movie is not to turn people away from the religion (as some people in my class mentioned). If someone decides to turn away from the religion after watching this, that's fine, however, the more important message here is the power of journalism.

Today, everyone talks about the internet. Print is dying and there is a lack of excellent journalists still around (apparently). This movie reiterates the importance that journalism still has. There is still a need for a powerful journalist who can reach the masses, and not just fluffy online news articles that people skim through before they get to work. Anyone can write anything on the internet, but it takes special people, with a lot of talent, to uncover a huge scandal like the one played out in the movie.