CrickRawford

I am a senior journalism student at a university in the U.S. who is also taking Arabic with hopes of being an independent journalist in the Middle East, among other places. I want to see and report on the best and worst that humanity has to offer. In short, you (almost) have my dream job!

Do you have any advice for me once I graduate? Where should I start?

Excellent. I'm 31 and have gotten a bit of a late start at the journalism game, but that is because I already have experience in the activities that you just listed.

Thanks so much for doing this AMA, and especially for such prompt responses.

That's the most succinct response I've ever gotten, and, if I'm honest, the one I've been wanting to hear. I'm always told I need to try to embed for CNN or some other major news outlet, but then I have to do the stories that they want me to do.

I want to do the stories that noone else does. As you've previously stated in this AMA, I also want to be in "the center of the world."

Follow up question: How the hell do I fund it? Will I have to go out of pocket?

Upstate, sooo... if I were to post a video of the Tiger Fight Song would that make you happy or angry?

I was sitting here thinking "Why the fuck would you bathe a goat?" Thanks for letting me know!