Slog - Comments on Another Student Newspaper Bites the Dust http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust Seattle Central Community College has quietly cut its journalism program and put its student-run newspaper, the City Collegian, on hiatus. Earlier this summer, Professor Jeb Wyman stepped down from his position as the paper's faculty adviser after a battle with the school's administration over the future of the paper. In June, Wyman fired off a letter to SCCC's administration, excerpted here: The Publications Board, chaired by Laura Mansfield, has been hostile to the Collegian all year, and this is one of two reasons for my departure. The board has remained willfully ignorant of the operation of the Collegian, the precepts... Copyright 2008 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:06:46 -0800 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:26:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by yer all grownup now College papers should not be run by the school, duh. They should get free rent and electricity, and the right to put boxes or bundles around the school. Otherwise, they should be run like any other business, with advertising. "Stipends" and "credits" and "faculty advisors" are just fucked up.

]]> yer all grownup now http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134059 Media Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:51 -0800 Comment by jseattle Cutting the journalism program? No big loss. But no campus paper sucks. Hopefully somebody is inspired to build a replacement online. If somebody from SCCC wants to talk about how to get something going, drop me a note -- jseattle at gmail.

]]> jseattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134186 Media Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:20:00 -0800 Comment by CommonKnowledge That is so disappointing. No one seems to respect journalism, true journalism. I earned a degree in it because I love the field. To my horror, I can't believe that people don't know who Edward R Murrow was.

The infestation of blogs, gossip news sites and CNN's appallingly offensive "Citizen Journalism" (has any one heard of "Citizen Doctor" or "Citizen Lawyer?) is a sad sign of the times because everyone thinks they are journalists. They are lowering the standards of writing and deteriorating the essence on which it is based.

I will continue to write and uphold those standards and seek out those who do respect this profession.

]]> CommonKnowledge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134241 Media Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:05:12 -0800 Comment by jrrrl Ah #3 is offended that journalism isn't state-regulated like medicine or law. Looks like she/he learned a lot getting that journalism degree.

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1134278 Media Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:46:27 -0800 Comment by rjh Regardless of the state of print journalism, there is still plenty of room for journalism training: reporting, cultivating sources, writing, editing, etc.

The final destination -- paper, pixels, etc. -- doesn't change the basic tools of writing and reporting.

]]> rjh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1135526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1135526 Media Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:48:40 -0800 Comment by jtd Regarding #4 comment on #3:I don't think he/she's saying that at all, but pointing out that journalism is a profession with standards and ethics, like law or medicine. Just calling oneself a journalist doesn't make you one. Journalists have responsibilities to the public that they serve, like attorneys or physicians.

What a jackass comment.

Regarding the piece on the Collegian,Wyman did the right thing, and the student body will not stand for this.

]]> jtd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1139896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/another_student_newspaper_bites_the_dust#c1139896 Media Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:26:37 -0800