Show Man on Campus Jeren Jei en W. W Canning in Editor-in-Chief If there was one thing that every journalist holds close to heart it would be our First Amendment rights Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press are aret t two vo things that were so important to the founding of the United States that the founding fathers placed it at atthe atthe atthe the top of their list That list listis listis listis is called the Bill of Rights Last August while former fonner in Editor-in-Chief Nick Parker and I were in Washington DC D.C. to attend the Associated Collegiate Press' Press annual summer conference we learned a alot alot alot lot about the importance of said principles One thing that we learned is that although we weare weare weare are a college newspaper we are still professional Parker and I came up with witha a staff slogan We Ve are a professional newspaper that just happens to be on a college campus While in Washington we also learned that The Globe is lucky to have some great L backing ari the Globe i Student Media Council Other newspapers were not allowed to write anything controversial whereas we weare weare weare are free to do as we please The stigma is that since The Globe is a college paper we do not have the same rights as a newspapers like The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret Morning News which is simply not true We are held to the same standards as both papers We conform to the same saine writing styles and code of ethics that they do give or take italics here or a comma there We challenge ourselves to find stories that they have not covered and many times times- we have scooped a story before either paper could We are college journalists but we act professionally and we write professionally We Ve take a large amount of pride in being student newspaper As the editor- editor in-chief in if I l heard that one of my staff members was not acting ethically or professionally there would be consequences We will not shy away and we will not back down If there is a story out there that involves or would be of interest to our readers we will cover it to the best of our abilities So dont don't hesitate to let us know c edit v J |