{"id":35044,"date":"2023-07-20T20:03:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=35044"},"modified":"2023-07-27T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T16:31:46","slug":"my-two-years-of-bliss-at-the-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/my-two-years-of-bliss-at-the-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"My Two Years Of Bliss At The Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I sat on the balcony of my house in Homestead, reflecting on the declining health of my father, who was hospitalized due to cirrhosis of the liver, I received a call from Ammy Sanchez, who at the time served as editor-in-chief of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a brief conversation, I pitched to her my first idea: a column on how alcohol destroys lives. <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/overconsumption-of-alcohol-destroys-lives\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The piece<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ran in the newspaper the same day my dad died\u2014Aug. 23.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now less than a month before transferring to Duke University and leaving my post as editor-in-chief of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here are my reflections on my two years at Miami Dade College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>Lessons Learned<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35043\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35043\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez-867x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Juan-S.-Gomez.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOMEZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember sitting nervously inside the Student Government Association senate room at Kendall Campus waiting for Homestead Campus President Oscar Loynaz to show up for an interview.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was my first news story. I was terrified.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assignment would be my first extended interview, and it was with a campus president. It went well, but I had to email him more than 10 times with follow-up questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I conducted more interviews, I became comfortable talking with people regardless of their rank. I learned to listen and be curious instead of being obsessively self-aware.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The paper also taught me painful but essential lessons about time management and hard work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Tower Theater changed hands from MDC to the City of Miami last October, I was responsible for covering the event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While most news outlets produced stories as the change unfolded, we remained quiet on the matter due to my lack of timeliness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We eventually published <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/protestors-fight-to-keep-tower-theater-in-mdcs-hands-this-isnt-the-end\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an article<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after a protest at the theater. I learned that when news breaks, journalists must act fast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other stories, like <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/urbana-starts-a-new-chapter-after-winning-its-first-magazine-pacemaker\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my feature<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on last year\u2019s leadership shakeup at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urbana,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the literary magazine at Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n Campus, taught me about the amount of interviews, sleepless nights and revisions needed to produce good journalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s frustrating and soul crushing at times, but when the work is done, the gratification overcomes everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the most special stories were the obituaries. I have written five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first one was on<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/miami-dade-colleges-journalism-pioneer-raleigh-mann-passes-away-at-87\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Raleigh Mann<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the College\u2019s first student newspaper editor in 1961. I still recall the two-hour conversation I had with his daughter, Barbara Beth Woodward, as she reminisced about her father amidst moments of silent grief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other obits, such as <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/medical-campus-student-honored-posthumously-during-graduation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christina Neal<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-entec-professor-passes-away-after-motorcycle-accident\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Javier Coto\u2019s<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, reminded me of my own mortality and served as a reminder to hold my loved ones close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><b>Lifelong Friendships<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from giving me purpose and a crippling coffee addiction, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave me a family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My editor, Ammy, quickly became one of my closest friends and confidants. She taught me the basics of journalism and guided me through my first year at the college.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of the newsroom, she introduced me to <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorswift.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Guaran\u00e1 soda and Chicken Kitchen\u2014currently one of my go-to restaurants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manolo Barco, who serves as the publication\u2019s adviser, became the closest thing I\u2019ve had to a father figure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During my time as editor, he was my right-hand man, often giving me advice on how to handle situations such as managing staff, conducting sensitive interviews and communicating with College officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His help and reassurance helped me to believe in my abilities and to trust that things work out. I\u2019m leaving the paper the most confident I\u2019ve ever been.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing the staff also taught me to connect with different characters and to maximize each person&#8217;s strengths. When we weren\u2019t working, we spent our free time goofing around and talking about our lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As my time at MDC comes to an end, I\u2019m grateful for the professors, students and staff that crossed my path.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each one helped create one of the most magical and memorable experiences of my life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Dade College, I will miss you dearly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I sat on the balcony of my house in Homestead, reflecting on the declining health of my father, who was hospitalized due to cirrhosis of the liver, I received a call from Ammy Sanchez, who at the time served as editor-in-chief of The Reporter. 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