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| Anna Li; Investigative Journalist | |
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| Snikers | Aug 29 2010, 11:47 AM Post #1 |
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O.C.C.: Ordinary Person P.C.C.: Journalist Occupation: Unemployed ![]() Anna has a need for constant mental stimulation. At any given time she has to be unraveling a mystery, fulfilling a goal, finding an answer. This drive to learn, decipher and analyze is what drove her to enroll in the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York to become an investigative journalist. Throughout her life, Anna had been socialable, passionate and endlessly optimistic; she makes friends easily, and no one from her high school in Vernon, NY has not heard her name. Anna loves Vernon and its small-town hospitality, but she knew if she wanted to confront the world, she had to leave. Things got worse. Leaving home for the first time and going to the Big Apple was bewildering and overwhelming to Anna, who had never seen a situation she couldn't face head-on. No matter how much she wanted or how much she tried, she couldn't pry open the metropolis and learn all its secrets. Her drive to learn forced her to try, however, and Anna was driven to exhaustion as she turned senses tuned to a sleepy town of 5000 to the unending stimulation of New York. Anna was close to dropping out of her classes before she redirected her attentions. Socializing took a backseat. Romance took a backseat. Anna focused entirely on her studies, saving her GPA and becoming one of CUNY's best students up until the start of her internship. Things got worse. Anna was placed with a sleazy tabloid that thought Rupert Murdoch had too much integrity; the stuff of page five girls and Elvis sightings. Wary about telling the naive new girl to trespass on a celebrity's property for photographs, the editor sent her to investigate all the alien abductions and vampire attacks of the city. Anna duly collected the facts and disproved most of the assignments, writing up the stories in journalistic style for their honoured place on page 17. A few readers missed the outlandish tales, but most enjoyed the schadenfreude of reading about shams being exposed. The editor sung her praises to the school, and Anna graduated with honours. Anna's internship ended and she immediately signed back up for a paying position. No longer the kid, she was fully exposed to the corrupt and selfish nature of its staff and policies. Anna became increasingly dissatisfied with the state of the rag. Things got worse. After months of zippered Bigfoots and pie-plate UFOs, Anna and some other reporters finally investigated a claim of the supernatural that was legit. It did not go well. People died. After finally putting the situation to rest, there were lots of bodies and not much evidence. The team had no option but to cover it up, erase their involvement and pretend they were never there. Plauged by survivor's guilt, Anna wanted to give closure to the bereaved families and truth to the world, but couldn't. She'd found a scenario with no correct option, no high road to take. Unable to take the guilt, she lied to herself, blamed the tabloid and gave her two week's notice. Things got worse. The economy is in the crapper and New York is not cheap. It's impossible to find a steady job, and Anna can't sell enough freelance stories to pay the rent. Her roommate, a friend from CUNY, is sympathetic but can't wait forever. Anna's diet has been reduced to coffee and ramen noodles. She doesn't have the energy to work out or find stories anymore. She's desperate for a job - any job... |
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