EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this piece is co-posted with our friends at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. When I went to journalism school after studying piano performance as an undergrad, I encountered a fair number of raised eyebrows. The two fields might not seem intrinsically related, but they are for me. Both musicians and journalists create order out of chaos, telling stories that are true and, in their own ways, beautiful.