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,…
It's been a minute, but school started on Wednesday, and we had to put out another issue (10MB PDF). It turned out pretty nicely I think. We started working on it a few weeks beforehand, assigning stories, and then beginning to meet up and layout the pages starting a week…
Glad I'm able to stay on brand.
We put out three newspapers this week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This week the new editorial staff (led by me) took over production of the paper, with assistance from the outgoing editors, and on Thursday, we were supposed to do it all by ourselves (mostly). On Monday night we finished…
This past week myself and the fall 2019 editorial board shadowed the current editors, getting a feel for what our jobs will be like. This mostly went according to plan, with nearly all of the new editors getting hands on experience with pitching stories, editing content, and laying out pages.…
It's been about a week and a half since I was announced as the executive editor for next semester's Spartan Daily. The main task I've had since then is building up our staff by recruiting and selecting editors. First was picking a managing editor, who is basically the second in…
A while back, a friend mentioned to me that you could send potatoes through the mail. I was pretty skeptical at the time, but basic Internet research confirmed what they told me. So a little bit later I had the opportunity to send them something, and decided to test it…
Freedom of the Press requires more than just protecting journalists, the entire supply chain needs to be safeguarded. On Tuesday night the Spartan Daily's printer lost power, and we were looking at missing our first issue in 85 years.Thankfully they got it back in time, and we were able to…
I came home at midnight last night, but both of my news stories made it on the front page, above the fold! Reporting is fun.Here's the full softball story that I wrote: http://www.sjsunews.com/spartan_daily/news/article_ec215144-2592-11e9-a9fd-73eeff92c8e8.html#sjsu #journalism
This summer I participated in a study abroad trip where we went to Greece and Italy to report on the refugee crisis. In Catania, Sicily, they had a celebration for World Refugee Day that happened earlier in the week. One of the most memorable and overwhelming moments was when three…
Two weeks ago, CNN Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta came to my university and received the 2018 William Randolph Hearst Award for his work. I'm not really the biggest fan of CNN, but I've been impressed with Acosta's work, and getting to hear him speak was a real treat.…
It's over. Tonight was our last night on the trip, and we head back to Athens tomorrow. I think I learned a lot more about myself than the skills and knowledge I picked up. I spent some time reflecting by talking to people in person, so I'm not going to…
We visited the Kara Tepe and Moria refugee camps over the past two days. The director of Kara Tepe really spoke to me when he started talking about dignity, freedom, and other human rights. I ended up re-reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and some of the background behind…
