JESSICA DaSILVA in D.C.

A semester studying political journalism and exploring the nation’s capital

Capitol building

The Future of the Political Blogosphere

OK, so here it is. The final paper I wrote for my political journalism class for which this blog post is named.

Now, I’m a little nervous because even though I’m very passionate about blogging, I still consider myself a novice. In a way, I guess I was trying to prove my passion and smarts to myself in this paper. It’s not as in depth as I’m sure other people could have made it, but I thought I did a pretty good job.

Anyway, I hope you guys like it.

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A fun final paper?

So it’s that time of the year when I have about a million things to do before the end of the semester. Right now, I’m trying to study for finals and write two final papers.

Usually I grumble and procrastinate and just angrily crank them out in a few hours the night before. This semester, I’m actually planning it out so I can write well thought out papers with some time to spare. Then again, maybe it’s because I’m actually excited about one of them

For my political journalism class I strayed from the five prompts he gave us to come up with something pertinent to my goal to be a political blogger: What is the future of political blogs?

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