{"id":2840,"date":"2025-06-18T09:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=2840"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:33:54","slug":"charlotte-lepage-bachelor-of-journalism","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/story\/charlotte-lepage-bachelor-of-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Lepage: Bachelor of Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Charlotte Lepage: Bachelor of Journalism \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>By Charlotte Lepage<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Journalism student, Charlotte Lepage\" class=\"wp-image-2842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/06\/Charlotte-Lepage-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose journalism because I realized I\u2019d never make it as a scientist. I studied natural science in CEGEP with the plan of becoming a forensic biochemist but had to drop the program because my heart wasn\u2019t in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried a media class and enjoyed it, so I decided to apply to Carleton\u2019s journalism program on a whim, which ended up being the best decision I\u2019ve made. Before the journalism program, you couldn\u2019t pay me to call my dentist and book an appointment, but now I\u2019ve had conversations with community leaders, scientists, artists, politicians, and so many interesting, passionate people. It threw me out of my comfort zone and changed me for the better. I learned to stop being afraid of the phone or talking to strangers and I learned to write effectively, to use sounds and images to craft a rich, compelling story.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly, I learned that journalists have a duty to the public, founded in the unending commitment to truth, and I learned to act with special care and intention when covering communities hurt and underserved by the media.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My professors were all so invested in my success, whether they were harsh but truthful or soft and encouraging in their advice, I always felt like they just wanted me to be the best journalist I could be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program has opened so many doors for me; I\u2019m now sitting in Toronto, working at the CBC headquarters, learning from industry veterans, and covering all sorts of fascinating topics. I don\u2019t have any concrete plans for the future\u2014I will go wherever my passions take me\u2014 but I know that a goal I\u2019ll always have is to make Carleton proud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chose journalism because I realized I\u2019d never make it as a scientist. 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