Spring Break
The new age of Journalism
Nick Powell
Issue date: 10/12/09 Section: Opinion
Newspapers everywhere are going down like desperate actresses willing to do whatever it takes for their lucky break.Dozens of papers failed last year, including big names like the Rocky Mountain News, the Baltimore Examiner and the New York Sun. But not us. Not yet. We've got a plan. We're riding into the future on a wave of technology and awesomeness...and funding that comes from ASCC instead of ad revenue.
Our website was once little more than a neglected mistress. It's now our main squeeze. The internet simply does short, hard news better than your granddad's paper and ink. It's immediate; it's easy to fact check; and the people can add their opinions with ease.
If you want to know what's new and exciting on campus or around town, just head on over to our fancy website (www.cuestonian.cuesta.edu).
Once there, you'll find a fresh new layout thanks to the hard work of our online editor Sarah Clifford and her lovely assistant Creig P. Sherburne. They've organized things nice and made a layout so pretty, you'll buy it flowers.
The website provides students and teachers with informative information and the perfect forum for a public dialogue, which is absolutely imperative in a functioning democracy. So unless you love commie terrorists, drop by and post some comments.
News sites might relay cold information faster, but they have their limitations. They can't do what print can. Print allows for an in-depth, at-length exploration of complex issues, without the eye-straining glare of a bright computer monitor.
Paper is more portable as well. You can take it on the bus and relax with it in a comfy recliner. You can cut it out and post it on the wall. You can even make journalism planes out of it.
And another thing, students have to purposely look up the website. Our strategic placement of paper stacks forces folks to be informed citizens.
That's why the Cuestonian is shifting the focus of it's print edition to human interest and feature stories. We've adopted a magazine-like, rock and roll attitude the kids can tap their feet to. Rock on, baby!
Our website was once little more than a neglected mistress. It's now our main squeeze. The internet simply does short, hard news better than your granddad's paper and ink. It's immediate; it's easy to fact check; and the people can add their opinions with ease.
If you want to know what's new and exciting on campus or around town, just head on over to our fancy website (www.cuestonian.cuesta.edu).
Once there, you'll find a fresh new layout thanks to the hard work of our online editor Sarah Clifford and her lovely assistant Creig P. Sherburne. They've organized things nice and made a layout so pretty, you'll buy it flowers.
The website provides students and teachers with informative information and the perfect forum for a public dialogue, which is absolutely imperative in a functioning democracy. So unless you love commie terrorists, drop by and post some comments.
News sites might relay cold information faster, but they have their limitations. They can't do what print can. Print allows for an in-depth, at-length exploration of complex issues, without the eye-straining glare of a bright computer monitor.
Paper is more portable as well. You can take it on the bus and relax with it in a comfy recliner. You can cut it out and post it on the wall. You can even make journalism planes out of it.
And another thing, students have to purposely look up the website. Our strategic placement of paper stacks forces folks to be informed citizens.
That's why the Cuestonian is shifting the focus of it's print edition to human interest and feature stories. We've adopted a magazine-like, rock and roll attitude the kids can tap their feet to. Rock on, baby!
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