What a Stud, Studs!

After reading the articles posted to the class blog I can only be sad that I had not known who Studs Turkel was sooner. From what every single article said, he seems to have been an iconic figure of our time. He was fortunate enough to live for nearly an entire century, something that most would do anything for. It seems that he found a good balance in between being extremely liberal, but also still being able to connect with people holding an array of philisphical views. His story is one of incredible determination. A victim of the "red scare", he kept on going... just in a little bit of a different route. I think this is a good lesson for journalists. Journalists are in a cut-throat environment, they're a dime a dozen; therefore it is ever so important for a journalists to be determined. Determination and optimism, like Studs had, is a vital necessity to today's reporter, interviewer, journalist, and anchor. His situation also goes to show that you have so much life ahead of you at any point. His book-writing career took off in his fifties... most people start planning for retirement, Studs was starting his next venture. It's this kind of love of life and really valuing one's own work that people in all professions, not just journalism, need to adopt. Studs clearly loved people and loved his career. This is, above all, the key to success. And this is a key that Studs found early in life...