Do people realize that "the media" is made up of highly educated professional writers in a newsroom somewhere creating this stuff? I am "a media", but I don't think anyone thinks about the fact that we're actually people behind the newspapers and stories that we create.
Yes, a human being has sat at their desk, done the interviews and patched together quotes and information into that piece you're reading. We take photos and attend press conferences. We work strange hours and agonize over little details you will never, ever even notice.
Did we not show up at your event? Chances are you didn't send us a press release, or you didn't bother to call and let us know it was going on. Is something incorrect in a story? Well maybe that journalist was given misleading information, or they aren't very good etc. But one person's mistakes should not tarnish an entire industry.
This is my artist's interpretation of what "the media" must be:
Watch out bitches, we're coming for you.
Love,
Annalee.
Annalee.
