Hooked on Harry
My page one debut came today with a story about the fan culture and community of Harry Potter.
During my reporting, I’ve come across a large group of people who really, really love Harry Potter. There was this fiery passion in the eyes of one of my sources when she sat down with me for an interview about the boy wizard.
It made me wonder. What is it about these books?
“You have to read one to understand,” a source told me.
So I read the 320-page Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, citing background as the reason whenever someone asked why I was carrying the book.
And then I read the second. Then the third. Then the fourth. Tonight I’ll finish the fifth. I’ll probably start the sixth too.
I’m hooked on Harry. My sources were right, there’s something about the books that draw the reader in and make you want to read more and more.
I think it’s fair to continue justifying my newfound understanding as background, after all, I hear more Potter-related stories may be coming my way. The greatest part about being an intern is that I’m not confined to one beat. My stories subjects range from food to health to books to entertainment. There’s a wealth of knowledge that comes with knowing a little about a lot of things that is going to be valuable in the future. I suppose knowing what happens at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, for example, is just part of that collective knowledge.
Comments
Great! Now I'm going to have to go read 6 books. LOL
Posted by: HOF | July 10, 2007 10:43 AM
Hello from Interactive Operations! (See, the folks downstairs DO check in on your blog!)
I'm listening to Book 5 as I finish a spreadsheet on Google keywords for the site. I'm reading Book 6 during most of my evening hours at home. This is only the second time I've read Book 6; the others I've read at least three times. (If you think this is crazy, then you'll think my best friend is nuts: she's going back through and taking notes!) So of course, as I'm going through the site copying URLs, your blog (and story, I might add) caught my eye.
Welcome to the club.
Posted by: Lauren | July 10, 2007 11:01 AM
It's good stuff, that's for sure! The new movie is amazing, by the way. Welcome to the cult.
Posted by: Trish | July 10, 2007 11:06 AM