Finding inspiration

It seems appropriate to dedicate a post to finding inspiration when it’s coming down to the end of the semester and story/blog ideas are scarce. Last week my digital journalism class ventured into Boston for the day. I learned that sometimes a change in scenery can make all the difference in the world. Of course there is always news happening here in the seacoast region, but getting to Boston inspired me as a writer and a photographer. What I came back with was a memory card and notebook full of images and descriptions of the day. Two classmates and I stuck together and made our way from North Station all the way to the Boston Commons and an Emerson Café. We had story ideas in our head before hitting the city that we intended to cover, but what we found was that we were inspired by several encounters on our walk across the city on that rainy Friday. I ended up talking to a protestor outside of Quincy Market who kept getting inched further and further away from the premises by Boston Police. Later, I ran into a Berklee student who was handing out free copies of his music and collecting money for a charity. The lessons in writing and reporting digitally were assumed, but what I also learned is that exploring new places comes with a sense of adventure and inspiration.