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BREAKING NEWS: I have no idea what I am doing but I am writing

An introduction to this page with a fun insight to the girl that is behind it all.

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You Want to be a Journalist? Yikes

Get met with negativity about your job? Well, most journalists do, but why? A discovery on why people do not believe in media anymore and why journalism is in danger.

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I am in My IDGAF Era, How About You?

In the wake of the Kate Moss 2006 “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” model era, I have seemingly went the opposite way. Funny enough the what I eat in a day videos and body check TikToks helped.

I started this website as a space to write my own articles at my own pace about what I want. Breaking into journalism is hard, so I took it into my own hands.

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