Tuesday, February 11th we had the pleasure to meet Brandon T. Harden in class. Brandon is from Texas, and when he was beginning his journalism career, he worked for a men’s fashion magazine there. He then moved to Philadelphia, and now is working for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Brandon explained the articles that he writes as, “anything cool, young, and hip,” these typically consist of black lifestyle stories, what’s going on in the museums, and who is coming to town. He also explained his job as being a reporter, “I don’t write columns though,” instead, he writes based off of facts. He explained how “sometimes I have a point of view,” he will often “find sources who will say what I want them to say,” in order to write the article that he wants to write.
He said his day to day work consists of going out in search of new stories to write. After meeting Brandon, he seemed very invested in the work that he does. He seemed to really love his job and was very excited to come and speak with our class.
Jackie's Blog 