The perks of being a journalist

The perks of being a journalist

People don’t always think about the wide range of skills that are honed by writing for the newspaper and the potential those skills give. Mark Twain started out as a reporter, though most people remember him as the creator of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Benjamin Franklin worked for a newspaper, which I am certain gave him the knowledge of the colonies and politics necessary to become the important figure remembered today. It seems if nothin…