It feels like forever ago, but at the end of the Spring 2019 semester, I was chosen as the next executive editor of the Spartan Daily. I definitely felt a lot of pressure to keep up high quality newspaper that my predecessors put out three days a week. But at…
Each semester the Spartan Daily staff puts out a special issue that focuses on a specific topic or concept. It allows for an in-depth exploration of something that the San Jose State community is interested in. Previous topics have included race, gender and home. The special issue normally comes toward…
In 2016, I made the decision to go back to school and pursue a degree in journalism. I had briefly dabbled in it in middle school, but really had no idea what I was getting myself into. I started at De Anza College, as a member of the La Voz…
It's been a month and I'm tired. Three newspapers again this week: Tuesday ("the shut it down issue"), Wednesday ("the 9/11 issue") and Thursday ("the Frog Dorm issue"). Tuesday: out at 1:31a.m.# We had late breaking news that there was a potential security flaw in the self-checkout machines used at…
It was a short week, but we put out some goodish newspapers: Wednesday ("the Taco Bell issue") and Thursday ("the women's soccer issue"). Wednesday: out at 1:12a.m.# Taco Bell is back in the Student Union, and honestly, for some students, it's going to be the biggest news story of the…
We put out three papers this week: Tuesday ("the pride issue"), Wednesday ("the football team wants to win issue"), and Thursday ("the parking issue"). Tuesday: out at 1:30a.m.# We mostly tried too hard on this issue. We tried to do a cutout on the front page plus a text-wrap illustration,…
