There is so much going on in the world right now, with all of the politics, natural disasters, and many other things. We usually have someone covering it, but sometimes there are small but important things that aren't being covered, which is why we need more journalists in every part of the world.

I always knew I wanted to write but it took me until college to realize that I wanted to give people a platform to share their stories. What I usually write is feel good stories, stories that will inspire and motivate people. I want to do that more in the future, with National Geographic or with any kind of platform that allows me to share the stories of others.

Some people have questioned me being a journalism major saying that it is a dying field and that I wont get much money out of it. When I look at it they aren't completely wrong.

I feel like sometimes people who want to go into journalism may not actually go into it because they are afraid they wont get a job, because of people telling them that they shouldn't. Well I think they should because now more than ever we need journalists.

Often, I look at multiple news sources in order to find out what is going on in the world. One time there was a heartfelt story about a teen with Down Syndrome getting into college and while there were nice comments some people had to make it political or say "this isn't real news".

To reply to that statement, everything is real news. What is so wrong with having a story to make people smile? With everything that is going on in the world right now, we could use some happy stories.

That is why we need journalists not just to cover this big news but to also cover the small but important news as well.

It could be anything from a WWII veteran celebrating his 102nd birthday, a kid making a difference in the world, a group making a big donation to schools in need. None of that stuff is useless news. It's stuff that is making people happy and I am glad there are more journalists covering those kinds of stuff.

We also need journalists so they can tell the truth about what is going on, no journalist should be one-sided, they need to get stories from both sides. Unless you are writing an opinion piece try not to make your piece sound bias. They want to hear both sides, not a one-sided piece. That's why most journalists, like myself, are neutral when it comes to politics.

We need journalists who are neutral, we need journalists who are conservative, we need journalists who are liberal, we just need journalists in general. As long as they don't insult people because of their views, I don't really care what their views are.

If you are an aspiring journalist, don't let the stigma keep you down, keep going for your dream, never stop searching for the truth. While the field may be dying we are the ones that are keeping it on life support!