Thoughts on observing on your behalf

The role of a journalist is to be the eyes and ears for the readers.

So while at a school board meeting, city council meeting, events, and so on, things that people may not have the time to go to, or don’t have a large enough interest in going to, my job is to listen for what’s interesting and present that to the readers.

What are school or city officials saying? What are they doing? What laws are...