Personal Opinion: Centralism and region

For being living almost my whole life in Coquimbo, this is a big problem for me. In fact, I would consider one of my main causes to fights: The centralism.

I always consider my city as a great one, with a lot of potential and capabilities, but nothing of that matters in the big picture because of Santiago it's still the center of attention. For too many years Coquimbo has become in a sort of resort for the other cities and that's unfair, My city has a lot more to offer to this country, we are not just a touristic site. That's, in my opinion, one of the worst consequences of the Centralism in my country, the fact that all the cities are seen as less important than Santiago in every aspect.

For that reason, I think that we should change that, start to give more importance to the other cities of Chile, start to treat them as unique and relevant each other and with that, I do not deny the importance of Santiago I'm just proposing to start to give more attention to other cities in a more equal aspect.

Post 6: Post-graduate Studies

It's ironic, the last year the only thing that I could think about was to do a master after I graduate from journalism, but now, it's hard for me thinking about it. Maybe that was because I saw the master as the only way to succeed in my career, a statement that I don't share anymore, but the possibility it's still there to take the chance.

In that case, I will go for political science because I see as the perfect complement for my profession considering that most of the time we need to cover up stories in all kind of political aspects and explain it to our audience in more easy terms, so basically is essential to know about politics. About where to study, I never look too far, studying in Chile was always the first option but in the university, I still have my doubts.  First, I was very decided to study in the Universidad Catolica but now I'm also interested in the Universidad de Chile, they both offer a great study plan that has what I been looking for political sciences formation. About how I'm planned to study them, I'm interested in an in-person class but part-time because I'm still planning to work after I graduate from journalism, I only hope that both responsibilities don't destroy me in the process.

My future Job: Journalist

This is a tough one. I have always wanted to be a journalist but I have never considered what specifically, maybe in all the formats (radio, television, newspaper and online) but that's not a valid answer. I think of radio, even though many people that work there don't recommend it, in part because it would mean that I don't have to be outdoors every time, having more variety in the workplace. Also, I'm already collaborating for the Radio JGM so the format it's very familiar for me, but on the bad side they told me that the work environment in  JGM it's not like the most important radios in the country (they told me that they are worse) so it would be a big challenge to take.

I would like to travel? of course but with a limit, I'm not very interested in been for months in a country as a permanent special correspondent. Maybe the travel for work isn't my thing at all, but for studies is another thing, I'm considering doing some major in Spain or the United States. Why those countries? Spain because I only hear good thing about their journalism in Chile and the USA obviously because they have been always a referent in journalism.

Experiences at the university: The radio program

I have always liked Journalism, so having to study it has become a challenging but enjoyable experience, one of the moments when I notice this more was when I had to do  half an hour radio show. I never was a radio listener, even though I heard a lot of radio shows but more focus in the music that something else, so this was not only to do a radio program it was also to know a new form of doing Journalism. The preparation with my group took us a week and it was difficult in every moment, we all have been doing our best but we're always late doing it so we have a lot of pressure in the preparation process. Finally it came the day of the program, we were nervous but at the same time anxious for doing it, that day I put my three piece suite for the occasion and I know that sound ridiculous dressing well for a radio program that people only hear but that is the past because the entire transmission was all live-stream through Facebook,  it has more sense looking at it that way.  When it all end all in my group felt joy and relive, maybe we do some mistakes during transmission but we all feell like we do the best program of our lives because it was our first program and that makes all special.