After 44 years in the business, News Publishers Press is closing down. According to Prepress Supervisor Joven Calingo, the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the printing business in general, affecting many printers locally. Rising costs also had a major impact.
Juan Calvillo, the ELAC Campus News editor-in-chief, requested that I write the first (of which we hope) is an ongoing newspaper column–inviting Campus News alumni to share their experiences. The column’s aim is to bring a face to a very lively process that is making this newspaper.
Hearing the rhetoric during the 2016 election (and how it was reported) inspired me to take the J-101 class.
The falsehoods posted on the internet, in our own media—unchecked and spreading rapidly through social media, were much different than the usual political back-and-forth.
An aspect of J-101 that I surprisingly enjoyed was the assignment to go around campus and look for a feature story. There are over 1,500
The Journalism Department will offer a Media Design and Copywriting class in the spring semester of 2019.