Joining the fast-paced world of news

We watched Rick Green's video of his converged newsroom in Palm Springs, Calif. The background music, "The times, they are a changing" by Bob Dylan, perfectly highlighted one of information center's victories toward a converged newsroom. We watched as one reporter read the news of a major traffic jam to another reporter, who posted the information to the paper's Web site. Meanwhile, a smiling multimedia guy, cleverly named "3m," text-messaged subscribers as he moderated the unfolding situation for the camera. The reporters at The Desert Sun were excited that they scooped the television station by five minutes. Mr. Green, managing editor, later told us that we should all have their sense of urgency. It is scenes like this that make me eager to join the fast-paced world of journalism.

-- Allison Smith, Vanderbilt University, The Tennessean, Nashville