Last Words
Cecelia Martinez
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Opinion
Although I still have one more semester of Saint Rose to look forward to, I will no longer be the Executive Editor of the Chronicle after this issue. I am handing over that title to the more-than-capable hands of current Assistant Editor Kali Zigrino while I take on the role of Web Editor and oversee this summer's transition to a new Chronicle website with less advertising, student blogs, and a more navigable layout.
So while I will still be on staff come this fall, I will no longer have the editorial discretion to make columns such as these - ones where I speak for myself and for the newspaper. This column serves as a last words of sorts, and I will do my best to use them wisely.
I would like to thank Cailin Brown for everything she has done for myself, the Chronicle, and the students on this campus. I will not go into too many details as I cannot hope to express my gratitude as eloquently as my fellow editor to the left, but suffice to say that I am something I never imagined I would be - a journalist - and that is 100% the fault of Cailin Brown.
It is no secret that journalism is quickly making its way on a list of industries that are struggling to sustain themselves. There's no need to expand on that - you've already read them online.
What you may not realize is that college newspapers are being affected as well. A January 2009 article entitled "College Newspapers Finally Hit by Economic Downturn" by Bryan Murley outlines why and how college newspapers are not immune to the same problems as their professional counterpoints. Even the Daily Bruin newspaper out of UCLA published a self-deprecating editorial after they ran a full-page front-page ad, saying that "We were forced to make a decision we find distasteful at best -- and dishonest and unethical at worst -- because of the ever-present and unrelenting reality of the economy and the downturn of the journalism industry."
Daily Bruin Editor Anthony Pesce ran this editorial after he was part of the 4-student panel that I also participated in at this year's Associated Collegiate Press College Newspaper Conference. The topic was "Publishing a College Newspaper in Tough Economic Times," and the discussion was not optimistic.
So while I will still be on staff come this fall, I will no longer have the editorial discretion to make columns such as these - ones where I speak for myself and for the newspaper. This column serves as a last words of sorts, and I will do my best to use them wisely.
I would like to thank Cailin Brown for everything she has done for myself, the Chronicle, and the students on this campus. I will not go into too many details as I cannot hope to express my gratitude as eloquently as my fellow editor to the left, but suffice to say that I am something I never imagined I would be - a journalist - and that is 100% the fault of Cailin Brown.
It is no secret that journalism is quickly making its way on a list of industries that are struggling to sustain themselves. There's no need to expand on that - you've already read them online.
What you may not realize is that college newspapers are being affected as well. A January 2009 article entitled "College Newspapers Finally Hit by Economic Downturn" by Bryan Murley outlines why and how college newspapers are not immune to the same problems as their professional counterpoints. Even the Daily Bruin newspaper out of UCLA published a self-deprecating editorial after they ran a full-page front-page ad, saying that "We were forced to make a decision we find distasteful at best -- and dishonest and unethical at worst -- because of the ever-present and unrelenting reality of the economy and the downturn of the journalism industry."
Daily Bruin Editor Anthony Pesce ran this editorial after he was part of the 4-student panel that I also participated in at this year's Associated Collegiate Press College Newspaper Conference. The topic was "Publishing a College Newspaper in Tough Economic Times," and the discussion was not optimistic.
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