Honoured editor,
My name is Daniel Santa, i’m 19 years old i’m living in Sfantu-Gheorghe, a 70,000 people town from Transylvania, in a mixed romanian-hungarian familly and in one evening I decided I should do something more for myself and my familly. I decided to search an ocasion to study mass-media abroad because I’m willing on making a career in this area. I started working in a radio-station at the age of 15, at first as an assistant for a young people and sports broadcast. I admit a hobby transformed in a fantastic passion, and now i’m in my 4th year of radio working. I graduated high-school and I’ve been hired by this radio-station , at first as an editor and as a Dj, then my responsabilities increased , as I succesfully carried out all my duties. Now, even if almost nobody believes me, at 19 I’m attending long-distance universitary school and I’m coordonating the activity of two radio-stations, i’m a programs director, and leader of the musical departement. Anyone would tell this is a dream cometrue, and I admit in some aspects it is, but the more you taste the succes, the more your aspirations, your dreams increase. So I decided to search an opportunity of getting a serious education in the mass-media field. I’m not at all confident in romanian journalism schools, and I don’t consider them efficient … Why? Because let’s face it … in Romania free mass-media is a recent subject, television, newspapers, radio-stations with an individual personality, with opinion freedom etc are still experimenting … at 13 years since the comunism was abolished, Romanian journalism still crosses a pionier’s work age! Maximum 5 years of real journalism are not enough for developing specialists capable of teaching young people the secrets of the media universe. So… I want to learn from real specialists, I want to get the knowledges necessary for my dream… authentic media activity in my country… It’s very difficult to describe my opinions,my endeavours in few words … but I think anyone would read this letter will taste a little bit of my will of getting a solid mass-media education and of learning to be a professionist. I need your help, because I also have a pretty precarious financial situation … and I’m confident you’ll do your best in giving solutions or at least suggestions regarding what I could do with my life, my career etc. I will write you more about me and my activity, my concerns if you are interested… If there is any possibility to find someone who could offer me a chance I hope you will help me to find it. I thank you and I expect your reaction !
Daniel Santa – [email protected]