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page eight

The Other Press

March 19, 1981

 

 

 

 

 

Yer damn right I’m tough. Panty-waist stuff burns me.
Been a reporter since I was a kid. Gang down at the
newsroom call me “Chief.” I’m the managing editor, now.

Give me cold facts — straight from the shoulder. The
Five Ws, nothing more, nothing less. Objectivity that
stands up — reporters who are sieves of information.
Unthinking, good reporters who get assignments and
carry them out. Hell, that’s worked in journalism for over
100 years now.

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“Chief” is tough alright. Too tough to change. Too tough
to see how archaic his idea of journalism has become.
Chief's become a museum piece, a sad parody of the
Perry White school of journalism. Unfortunately, there
are a lot of Chiefs in the commercial press, and a lot of
people being trained to be “unthinking, good reporters.”

The Other Press is made up of people who think that
unthinking journalism is a waste of time. We believe ina
thinking, breathing, dynamic student press. At The Other
Press, the staff decides how to put out the best student
newspaper possible. The staff decides how to tackle issues
head-on. Not merely getting quotes and rushing back toa
typewriter to meet deadline, but thinking about ques-
tions, hard questions, and finding out the WHYs behind
a story. That’s tough reporting.

Our democratically-run staff is always looking for recruits
and are wiling to train interested students. So if you’d like
to do reporting, reviews, photos, cartoons, layout design,
or just about anything you’d like, c’mon in and ask us
about you.

Join the newspaper that’s
democratic. Run by students
and tackling the issues affect-
ing students.