On Oct., 22, Ryan Nave a editor and reporter for Jackson Free Press from St. Louis Mo.,stopped by Coffee Roastery in Jackson Miss, location on Pearl St. to share some advice tofuture journalist.
“ I came to Jackson in 2011 primarily a state government legislature issue reporter I mean I do a little bit of everything as news editor, I cover city counsel now. My editing duties include supervising the news staff which is one full time reporter now it used to be the news, photographer, web editor and freelancers who write news so I coordinate the news coverage,” said Nave. Jackson Free Press is an alternative weekly newspaper in Jackson Miss., founded in 2002.The company has 3 news stories that comes out 4 days a week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. There is a in depth cover feature once a month.Nave, said his favorite part being a journalist is not knowing what is coming next.“I think this is true for a lot of journalist the life of predictability, I mean i pretty much make my own schedule but when I wake up I don't know what I'm going to be doing that day. So it’s exciting because I could be spending all day in office or something can break that even and I’ll be reporting it,” said Nave.
Time management plays a major part when you have more than just a job. Responsibilitiesand leadership will always be something y'all have to do. Being a reporter and editor youhave to find a balance between the two.
Nave said, “I wear many different hats, I’m a editor but I'm also a reporter so I have tomanage my editing responsibilities with my reporting responsibilities but my editingresponsibilities also extend to other reporters. So, helping other reporters through theirreporting challenges while trying to finish the product, get the daily out and get the paperout. But then I have my own reporting I need to do, there is really no schedule for it, it’sjust setting aside time to do everything and managing it the best I can.”
It doesn't matter what field of journalism someone is in, when it comes to reading andwriting it’s essential. Reading helps keep up with current news, consuming news helps youwith writing and it helps you with your news judgment.
Nave was one of the only reporters from Miss., to cover the Mike Brown incident in Ferguson Mo.
“Ferguson blows my mind because I'm from St. Louis and my grandmother lives in Ferguson and for me, it’s just always been a place where nothing happened. Mygrandmother retired there, she use to live in St. Louis City and she was like, oh I'm goingto retire to this quite little place where nothing ever happens. We could go over there forfamily birthday’s and stuff, so when this exploded down the street from my grandmothershouse I was like how did this happen. Ferguson isn't a place where things explode,” saidNave.
He added, “I went there because there were some young activist from Mississippi that weregoing and I was interested in writing about them, but I was also trying to make sense ofhow my experience kind of shaped my thinking of what was going on in Ferguson, and sothat was a personal thing.”
Even though he grow up in St. Louis Mo., he said he felt like he learned something he never knew.
Nave said “I had my preconceived notions about what Ferguson was. But, the apartmentswhere Mike Brown was shot I had no idea those were back there, and I’ve been going toFerguson for 20 years I’ve been going to that gas station for 20 years.”He added: “All these conversations go on about how people tore stuff up and how it iswrong. But, I appreciate the fact as someone from St. Louis and someone who writes a lotabout human right issues. I appreciate the fact that we are here 2 months later still talkingabout the problem there.I feel bad for people who had their business broke into and a stuff,but none of that would have happen if there would have been one peaceful candlelightvisual and a protest march. I don't even know how they have the energy, because they areout there in the street everyday and that’s remarkable to me, because I’ve never seenpeople with that kind of energy”.
The Jackson Free Press come out every Wednesday and can be found all over JacksonMiss.
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com
“ I came to Jackson in 2011 primarily a state government legislature issue reporter I mean I do a little bit of everything as news editor, I cover city counsel now. My editing duties include supervising the news staff which is one full time reporter now it used to be the news, photographer, web editor and freelancers who write news so I coordinate the news coverage,” said Nave. Jackson Free Press is an alternative weekly newspaper in Jackson Miss., founded in 2002.The company has 3 news stories that comes out 4 days a week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. There is a in depth cover feature once a month.Nave, said his favorite part being a journalist is not knowing what is coming next.“I think this is true for a lot of journalist the life of predictability, I mean i pretty much make my own schedule but when I wake up I don't know what I'm going to be doing that day. So it’s exciting because I could be spending all day in office or something can break that even and I’ll be reporting it,” said Nave.
Time management plays a major part when you have more than just a job. Responsibilitiesand leadership will always be something y'all have to do. Being a reporter and editor youhave to find a balance between the two.
Nave said, “I wear many different hats, I’m a editor but I'm also a reporter so I have tomanage my editing responsibilities with my reporting responsibilities but my editingresponsibilities also extend to other reporters. So, helping other reporters through theirreporting challenges while trying to finish the product, get the daily out and get the paperout. But then I have my own reporting I need to do, there is really no schedule for it, it’sjust setting aside time to do everything and managing it the best I can.”
It doesn't matter what field of journalism someone is in, when it comes to reading andwriting it’s essential. Reading helps keep up with current news, consuming news helps youwith writing and it helps you with your news judgment.
Nave was one of the only reporters from Miss., to cover the Mike Brown incident in Ferguson Mo.
“Ferguson blows my mind because I'm from St. Louis and my grandmother lives in Ferguson and for me, it’s just always been a place where nothing happened. Mygrandmother retired there, she use to live in St. Louis City and she was like, oh I'm goingto retire to this quite little place where nothing ever happens. We could go over there forfamily birthday’s and stuff, so when this exploded down the street from my grandmothershouse I was like how did this happen. Ferguson isn't a place where things explode,” saidNave.
He added, “I went there because there were some young activist from Mississippi that weregoing and I was interested in writing about them, but I was also trying to make sense ofhow my experience kind of shaped my thinking of what was going on in Ferguson, and sothat was a personal thing.”
Even though he grow up in St. Louis Mo., he said he felt like he learned something he never knew.
Nave said “I had my preconceived notions about what Ferguson was. But, the apartmentswhere Mike Brown was shot I had no idea those were back there, and I’ve been going toFerguson for 20 years I’ve been going to that gas station for 20 years.”He added: “All these conversations go on about how people tore stuff up and how it iswrong. But, I appreciate the fact as someone from St. Louis and someone who writes a lotabout human right issues. I appreciate the fact that we are here 2 months later still talkingabout the problem there.I feel bad for people who had their business broke into and a stuff,but none of that would have happen if there would have been one peaceful candlelightvisual and a protest march. I don't even know how they have the energy, because they areout there in the street everyday and that’s remarkable to me, because I’ve never seenpeople with that kind of energy”.
The Jackson Free Press come out every Wednesday and can be found all over JacksonMiss.
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com