Diving

I feel bulldozed today. I am pretty sure I jumped in the deep end with this reporting thing. During a meeting today between reporters and editors, I was thinking about if I would feel this overwhlemed if I were in the same positon in nyc. My answer to that is most likely not, because I know new york and its neighborhoods and I speak two languages that are of great help in terms of accessing greater ny population. In Mumbai I am basically a stranger in a land I am just beginning to have an inkling about. This idea of reporting here seemed ballsy but is possibly foolish. I keep thinking maybe I should stay on the desk and write book reviews, movie reviews or something; but that is talk and a bit of research. I want to report- learn how to get first-hand information, learn how to manage communication barriers, learn how to fish for information very quickly and thoroughly. These are good life skills. During the meeting, though no one said anything explicitly, I began to fathom the responsibility of the job, even in the suburbs. People actually do read what you write and will seek you out and tell you what they think. What you write does not disappear in to oblivion but is part of a very large conversation. A very romantic notion as long as you don't have to do the footwork and get it right. oh, boy.