After spending so much time working with journalism throughout our day to day lives, both of us find ourselves sometimes dreaming about journalism. The following are just a few of those dreams.

Sarah speaking:

While Jill’s dreams related to journalism seem to be easy to laugh about, my dreams have been a bit more frightening because of how realistic they are. I don’t typically remember my dreams, but I vaguely remember a dream in which I kept bringing Habiger copies of different stories and she kept yelling that each story was terrible. About two months ago when I was in the process of submitting my portfolio of work to apply for KSPA Kansas High School Journalist of the Year, I again had a dream about criticism. Thye judges looked at my portfolio and questioned why I thought my portfolio would be remotely good enough to enter. I’m not exactly sure what all of these dreams, or rather nightmares, mean, but I am sure the countless number of hours I have spent in the journalism room have contributed to the madness.

Jill speaking:

I have had many little dreams involving journalism related topics. However, my most recent one was probably the most odd, as it involved the apocalypse. That’s right, the world was ending and apparently, us journalism kids had figured out a way to survive this catastrophe by swimming out into the ocean. I distinctly remember our adviser Mrs. Habiger, staying true to form, yelling to us as we paddled out, “Did somebody bring a camera? We need to get pictures of this!” I’m sure, had  my dream not ended to the sound of my alarm, I would have enjoyed this post-apocalyptic society full of journalism nerds.

Lesson of the week:

1. When you spend so much time thinking about something, it can find it’s way into your dreams. Journalism is no exception.

Lesson 28 of being an editor-in-chief: Check.