{"id":5271,"date":"2021-04-13T19:53:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2021-04-13T19:54:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:54:02","slug":"how-to-make-the-most-out-of-plan-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2021\/04\/13\/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-plan-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven G: How to make the most out of Plan G"},"content":{"rendered":"
How to Make the Most of Plan G<\/span><\/h5>\n

By: Steven Gelman<\/p>\n

This semester did not turn out how I planned it\u2014at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how this semester was supposed to go, my Plan A:<\/p>\n

I would spend my spring semester abroad in London. It would be my first time traveling abroad, and certainly the furthest I\u2019ve ever been from home. I would live with my current roommate (and fellow COM Ambassador) Nick, and I would intern at a production company or newspaper in London. I\u2019d finally get to have that unforgettable \u201cabroad experience\u201d everyone loves to talk about.<\/p>\n

But, as you know, some things got in the way. There was a small (maybe kind of big) global pandemic. My plans were ruined\u2014or so I thought. It turned out that closing some doors actually opened new ones.<\/p>\n

When the pandemic hit I immediately began brainstorming new plans. Plan A turned into Plan B, then into Plan C, and so on. (I think now I\u2019m somewhere around Plan G.)<\/p>\n

Eventually, I found an open door\u2014 a fellowship program working with WBUR, Boston\u2019s NPR affiliate, and one of the country\u2019s best public radio stations. The program is a collaboration between the Department of Journalism and WBUR, and is geared towards students interested in public radio, podcasting, and multimedia journalism (students like me!) COM\u2019s WBUR Fellowship program was one of the opportunities that made me decide to go to BU. You can read more about the program <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, being so focused on my Plan A, I had forgotten about the opportunity\u2014I simply didn\u2019t have the time to participate in the fellowship if I went abroad. But after the pandemic hit, and when the fall semester rolled around, I applied for the fellowship, fully confident I\u2019d be rejected and move on to Plan H. But I moved to the next round. And then I moved to the next round. And then before I knew it, I got the fellowship. I finally had my plan, my Plan G.<\/p>\n

Of course, Plan G came with its own set of Covid-19 safety precautions; the fellowship was, and still is, remote. I was worried this would lessen the quality of my fellowship experience, but I was very quickly proven wrong. It was amazing to see how effectively the newsroom was able to run remotely. I quickly learned the ropes and got to help produce segments with everyone from Dr. Fauci to Ibram X. Kendi to Boston\u2019s first Black, first female mayor, Kim Janey. We also were able to host weekly \u201cAsk The Docs\u201d segments where listeners call in with their questions related to Covid-19 and vaccines; it has been so rewarding providing this public service to Boston residents at a time when they really need reputable information from medical professionals. This experience has been so rewarding, and I can\u2019t wait to continue it in the summer. And none of it would have been possible if I didn’t lose my Plan A.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if I\u2019ve learned anything from this past year, it\u2019s that you shouldn\u2019t worry about your Plan A. Because there’s always a Plan B,\u00a0 Plan C, and so on, until eventually, you find your plan G.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Make the Most of Plan G By: Steven Gelman This semester did not turn out how I planned it\u2014at all.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how this semester was supposed to go, my Plan A: I would spend my spring semester abroad in London. It would be my first time traveling abroad, and certainly the furthest I\u2019ve … Continue reading Steven G: How to make the most out of Plan G<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44574],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5271"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271\/revisions\/5274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}