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Welcome! I am Dylan Hersha, I am currently a student at Linn-Benton College, working on my AAOT for Journalism and Mass Communication. I graduated high school in 2019 and began working full time. After a few years I decided it was time to get back to college and pursue my dream career. I am fully focused and committed to becoming the best sports writer that I can be and hope for my work to not just be published but enjoyed. This term I am most interested in learning how to conduct meaningful, quality interviews that lead to great stories. 

    Outside of my schooling I am mostly watching, reading and listening to sports events and shows. Mainly pro and college football, basketball and baseball, I also enjoy wrestling, mma and I am recently getting into hockey. Beyond sports I feel the same sort of passion for music. I really enjoy reading and watching musicians talk about and explain their art. I play guitar and am always working on expanding my knowledge and ability, and hope to one day be able to play the piano and drums as well.

    My main goal for this class is to really get down and nail the basics of writing a good article. I want to be able to focus on the quality of my stories and let formatting become 2nd nature so I am not wasting time and energy on it. Another goal of mine is to get comfortable doing interviews and making sure I get everything I need for a good story. Lastly, I hope to continue enjoying journalism and meet new people. Something I have already figured out is the more people you know the better.       

    My first story I will be working on will be one about the Non Destructive Testing (NDT) program at LBCC. For this I hope to interview a current student in the program, a former student working in the field, and the instructor(s). 

Questions I want answered for the story:

What is NDT?

What opportunities does this program provide?

Why is the career in such high demand?

Who can do NDT? (Any educational restrictions)

Where can you work?

Other schools that offer the program

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