Show The Globe opens doors for future journalists Ceville Bailey Campus Editor I learned the majority of what I 1 needed to know to work in a newsroom at Because the program is small I 1 had the opportunity to do multiple jobs Walking into The Globe office you immediately are given a ajob ajob ajob job or an assignment says Jessica Harrison former in Editor-in-Chief for The Globe from 2004 to 2005 Harrison is now working as asa asa asa a full time Copy Editor and part time staff critic writer for Deseret News Harrison is just one of many who gained valuable on hands-on experience while working for Salt Lake Community Colleges College's newspaper I am able to todo todo todo do multiple things at my myown myown myown own newspaper because I 1 learned to do them on hands-on at says Harrison The valuable experience Harrison speaks of experience current and future journalism students at rely and thrive upon could soon be a thing of the past Due to recent budget shortfalls independent student newspaper has lost half its funding from student fees funding that goes toward the weekly printing costs By this time next year The Globe could exhaust the rest of its resources and be forced to fold Without a product to work on and develop those skills there is no point in offering a journalism program says Harrison One of the benefits for students is the ability to gain technical experience in the desired field of each students liking Students at acquire more than textbook k knowledge and test scores allows students to dig in get their hands dirty and explore different tra trades es esin in world real-world settings Students of the welding program get to weld and cosmetology students get getto getto getto to cut hair The ne newspaper is to future joum journalism students as oxy-acetylene oxy torches and scissors arc are to students in the welding and cosmetology programs Journalism is a profession that's best learned by doing and that is exactly what my experience at allowed me to do We Ve had a s small all but dedicated staff so this gave me the opportunities to jump right in and start learning how to be a reporter in real-life real scenarios not just in ill a lab says Jody Genessy current sports writer for Deseret News Deseret News hired Genessy right out of It wasn't until four or five years after landing a job at Deseret News that Genessy received training at a four- four year university Genessy is also the professional adviser of The Globe has written a book and has had his work published in USA Today Los Angeles Daily News The Philadelphia Inquirer Houston Chronicle and the Indianapolis Star among others Honestly 1 I owe my career to the opportunity I 1 received at and that's not an over over- statement My entire journalism foundation was built at says Genessy According to Harrison students attending other colleges and universities arent aren't as lucky At other schools its it's hard to get into the programs and once in there is little flexibility says Harrison Harrison was able to perform many different roles while working for forthe forthe forthe the paper Starting out as a contributing writer before becoming in Editor-in- Chief The Globe afforded Harrison the opportunity of writing whatever she wanted editing other writers work and m managing other students When Harrison applied for foran foran foran an internship at Deseret news she was armed only with the clips she had from her experience with The Globe Harrison claims that while she found the copyediting and mass the field Continued on AS Globe alumni working in in the field Continued from A Al 1 media law classes taken at the University of Utah invaluable in preparing her for her current job Everything else I learned at That's saying a lot Genessy shares Harrisons Harrison's sentiments I am very thankful that I didn't have to wait until I went to a year four-year college to get the type of handson hands- hands on experience that was there for the taking says Genessy In addition to Genessy and Harrison Deseret News has also benefited from another Globe Alumni Nicholas Parker Parker began work as a copy copyeditor copyeditor copyeditor editor for Deseret News in Nov of 2009 As far as his experience with newspaper Parker started with The Globe as opinion editor just before his senior year of high school Parker stayed with The Globe from 2004 to 2008 After his position as opinion editor Parker was promoted to senior editor and eventually elected E in Editor for forthe forthe forthe the 2006 2005 school year Parker developed an appreciation for both The Globe newspaper and its readers We were a real paper that just happened to be located on and have havethe havethe havethe the readership of a college campus says Parker And I would often remind our readers and staff of that We learned to respect our readers' readers interests while pushing to learn leam about the inner workings of journalism through the eyes of real journalists our own The loss of The Globes Globe's funding will have a two two- two fold fold impact on students In addition to future journalism students losing an avenue of world real-world experience the readers and college community as a whole will lose their independent voice If the paper is taken away an important voice of the people the student body mainly will be silenced says Genessy It would be a travesty and anda a black eye on the college to eliminate this newspaper program Parker agrees I couldn't discourage anything more at a college The newspaper is meant to be the student voice If the paper folded who would keep an eye on the administration or the happenings on or around md campus |