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Student journalism is alive and well

      

Garth McLennan

Editor in Chief

here is a common perception
out there that print is dead. With
the rise of the digital age and

the highly publicized collapse of the
Canwest Empire, it’s easy to believe that
newspaper journalism is going the way of
the dinosaur.

That may be the common perception
out there right now, but if you were a part
of the annual CUP (Canadian University
Press) conference in Montreal this year,
you could certainly be excused for
thinking otherwise.

Every year, student journalists
from across Canada gather at a different
(and usually bitingly cold) city to better
their crafts. Professional writers and
reporters of all strips are brought in to
lead workshops on basically every area
of the press you could think of. Having
just returned from such a conference I
can in all confidence say that there is no
shortage of aspiring and talented print
journalists out there.

I’ll be the first to admit that student
journalism isn’t at its all time peak. The
internet and innumerable other sources of
information have somewhat stemmed the
tide of the traditional student newspaper,
and that has only been exacerbated in
recent years by ever-rising print costs
and the major blow sustained by the
advertising industry thanks to the global
recession.

However, attending the CUP national
conference only reinforced, and perhaps
shined a new light on, for me at least, just
how special and worthwhile the business
that you’re holding in your hands (or
reading about on our shiny new website)
really is. It really showed just how
passionate, committed and dedicated so
many people are out there to making their
respective student papers the very best
that they can be.

I know that I’ve used this space
several times since I’ve taken stewardship
of The Other Press to badger and harp
on you guys to get as involved as you
possibly can in our fine publication, and
I’m going to do it one more time (at
least).

There are a ton of opportunities
opening up at The Other Press all the
time, and trips to places like Montreal
are just a few of them. Like most things
in life, you tend to get more out of our
paper with the more you put in, and I
can’t think of a better place to meet new
people. Joining this paper has been,
without a doubt, the best part of coming
to Douglas College for me. From making
friends I'll have for life to going on
unbelievable trips to just simply seeing
my name in print (seriously, it’s pretty
cool), I truly can’t say enough about The
Other Press and being a part of it.

Doesn’t that sound like something
you’d want to be a part of? We meet
every Monday at six. Come check us out.

 

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