The Globe opens doors for future journalists
Globe alumni working in the field
Ceville Bailey
Issue date: 3/10/10 Section: Campus
"I learned the majority of what I needed to know to work in a newsroom at SLCC. Because the program is small, I had the opportunity to do multiple jobs. Walking into The Globe office, you immediately are given a job or an assignment," says Jessica Harrison, former Editor-in-Chief for The Globe from 2004 to 2005. Harrison is now working as a full time Copy Editor and part time critic/staff writer for Deseret News.
Harrison is just one of many who gained valuable hands-on experience while working for Salt Lake Community College's newspaper. "I am able to do multiple things at my own newspaper, because I learned to do them hands-on at SLCC," says Harrison.
The valuable experience Harrison speaks of, experience current and future journalism students at SLCC rely and thrive upon, could soon be a thing of the past. Due to recent budget shortfalls, SLCC's 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 SLCC students is the ability to gain technical experience in the desired field of each students liking. Students at SLCC acquire more than textbook knowledge and test scores. SLCC allows students to dig in, get their hands dirty, and explore different trades in real-world settings. Students of the welding program get to weld and cosmetology students get to cut hair. The newspaper is to future journalism students as oxy-acetylene torches and scissors 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 SLCC allowed me to do. We had a small, but dedicated staff, so this gave me the opportunities to jump right in and start learning how to be a reporter in real-life scenarios, not just in a lab," says Jody Genessy, current sports writer for Deseret News.
Harrison is just one of many who gained valuable hands-on experience while working for Salt Lake Community College's newspaper. "I am able to do multiple things at my own newspaper, because I learned to do them hands-on at SLCC," says Harrison.
The valuable experience Harrison speaks of, experience current and future journalism students at SLCC rely and thrive upon, could soon be a thing of the past. Due to recent budget shortfalls, SLCC's 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 SLCC students is the ability to gain technical experience in the desired field of each students liking. Students at SLCC acquire more than textbook knowledge and test scores. SLCC allows students to dig in, get their hands dirty, and explore different trades in real-world settings. Students of the welding program get to weld and cosmetology students get to cut hair. The newspaper is to future journalism students as oxy-acetylene torches and scissors 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 SLCC allowed me to do. We had a small, but dedicated staff, so this gave me the opportunities to jump right in and start learning how to be a reporter in real-life scenarios, not just in a lab," says Jody Genessy, current sports writer for Deseret News.
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