Once, I read somewhere that "like acting, journalism has great attractions for the people, and many are eager to get involved in this field." So many times my new friends have asked me about my profession.
Hearing the word journalist', they bombarded me with: Good for you; What an interesting job; I wish I could be a journalist too; No doubt it's full of excitement and the like.
Frankly speaking, I also thought so before getting involved in it. But now I know very well it's not an easy task. Of course, I love it with all its stresses and I'll never job-hop.
And to me, journalism is a risky profession. But no risk threatens actors and actresses.
The jails have always welcomed the penmen during the history, but the film stars have been praised and awarded prizes all the time.
It's about three years I have worked for this daily as a reporter.
Well, I have heard and seen various events of little or great importance. Those events lingered in my mind a few days when I was an amateur, but not now. The afternoon news clears the morning events.
However, a handful of incidents have been impressed on my memory, like university dorm incident, meeting the family of IRNA reporter Mahmoud Saremi, who was martyred by Stone-Age group Taleban, assassination of Tehran City Council (TCC) Vice Chairman Saeid Hajjarian and, above all, meeting our popular President Seyed Mohammad Khatami, who I am enthusiastically hoping to meet a second time.