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I have always wanted to be a news reporter. When I was about 10 years old, I would write my own news stories and publish them in my own newspaper. In reality, the newspaper was just a piece of paper on which I’d written my stories and drew my pictures, but it was my first taste of the power of the press.
我一直想成为一名新闻记者。当我大约10岁的时候,我会自己撰稿新闻事件,并发表在自己创建的报纸上。事实上,所谓的“报纸”就是一张纸,我在上面写新闻,配图,但这是我第一次领略到新闻媒体的力量。

When I got to college, I worked on the university newspaper and started out as a copy editor, editing stories and writing headlines. Then, I began to cover news events, getting my first bylines. I can’t tell you how excited I was to see my name in print for the first time!
上大学时,我在校报工作,一开始是文案编辑,负责编辑故事和写标题。然后,我开始报道新闻事件,获得了第一个署名。我无法形容第一次看到自己名字出现在报纸上的心情有多激动!
Since then, I’ve worked at several newspapers. I started out at the bottom, writing obituaries and news briefs. Then, I got a regular beat and wrote some features and investigative reports. I’ve even written the occasional editorial.
从那以后,我先后在几家报社工作过。从最底层做起,写讣告和新闻简报。然后,我有了一个固定的职责,写一些专题和调查报告。我甚至还写过几次社论。
What next? You never know in the newspaper business, but I’m shooting for a Pulitzer!
接下来会如何?你永远难以预料在报纸行业的前景,但我正在争取普利策奖!
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