I can’t even describe how much joy last week’s print issue brought me, as the first print issue of The Stute since March 6, 2020.
Posts published in “The Stute Editorial”
The Stute Editorial is an Opinion column written by the current Editor in Chief of The Stute to address and explain editorial decision making, discuss news and media issues, and develop a sense of trust and transparency between readers and members of The Stute.
Hello there! Welcome, or welcome back, to Stevens! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen campus, my friends, and my words in a print issue of The Stute.
For a while I thought getting my undergraduate degree would be the last time I’d be a student. Because in a way, it can be.
This semester really flew by. Somehow we went from week 2 to week 12 and are 7 days away from May 1.
Like I talked about last week, I love print media but definitely think the print newspaper warrants a more in depth discussion on not only its future but its accessibility.
It’s no secret that I love print media. I would rather read a physical book than an eBook, and the idea of flipping through a magazine on the beach is still as exciting to me now as it was when I was 11 years old reading Tiger Beat and Bop (who remembers those?)
Welcome to The Stupe — the one day out of the year where Off The Press puts some sense into us and teaches us about real journalism!
Last year, around the beginning of the pandemic, I started reading for pleasure. I began with some classic novels, like Frankenstein, The Bell Jar, and the 900-page Anna Karenina which all made me hooked on the world of fiction.
If you haven’t already noticed, I like talking about ethics — in writing, but also during Stute meetings. Mostly because in my time as a member of The Stute, we haven’t talked much about ethics at all, and I feel like 80% of the times we mess up are because of ethical situations we weren’t prepared for.
In most of these Editorials, I talk about something related to journalism — last semester I talked about the increase of news on social media (specifically Instagram), which I argued has ultimately shifted the role of editor onto consumers.