Presentation with the College Students

Today I used my Powerpoint presentation on "Tips for Student Journalists" for a session with the college students at the Intelligent Citizen center. We talked about brainstorming story ideas and how to choose stories that will interest their audience. One of the trends they brought up was gender issues. Although there are certain restaurants and other places women don't go, the students said it is not because it is forbidden. It is more of a cultural discomfort, the feeling of how others view the women when they go to such places. The young men, the college students, think that the women can and should go to these places, but it can be difficult. There are women who need to be the first ones to go and break this negative view. We discussed how this can be an excellent topic for an opinion piece or feature story. The students had wonderful ideas and I enjoyed this session very much.