Spectator Town Hall
For those of you who are in the class, this may come as a rehash, but it bears repeating.
Right now, Spectator is at a point where I believe that the board is more
amenable to change and more open to criticism than it has been in the recent past.
And while past boards have come a long way in the last three years, I believe the fact that this year's content editors are entirely new have brought a fresh perspective to issues that have plagued the paper for years.
We understand that we have problems and we are trying to address them in the best way that we know how. To that end, on March 20--the Tuesday that we get back from vacation-- Spectator is holding a Town Hall that is being co-sponsored by the Chaplain's Office where we hope to get as many different perspectives as we possibly can, especially groups and communities on campus that feel as though Spectator has
covered them badly if at all. As such, we are inviting everybody and everybody to A) Come to the meeting ready to voice their own personal concerns, and B) Forward the
information included below to their friends and to organizations with which they may be affiliated.
Frustrated that the Spectator never covers issues you care about? Or dissatisfied with the story when we do?
Spectator invites you to speak your mind about the newspaper at an open discussion on Tuesday, March 20 at 8 PM in the Earl Hall Auditorium. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Office of the University Chaplain, is a chance to tell our editors how to improve the newspaper and discourse on campus.
The evening will be facilitated by Journalism School associate dean Arlene Morgan. After a brief introduction, she will open the floor for comment on any and all aspects of the paper.
The event is free and open to the entire campus community. Refreshments will be served. Email speceditor@columbia.edu with questions.
2 comments:
Josh, could you talk a bit more about the editorial structure of the Spectator? As in, the division of beats?
Perhaps also about how you generate ideas?
(Lastly, could you insert paragraph breaks in to enhance readability?)
To say you\\\'re more amenable to change than past boards is ridiculous. I applaud your efforts to try something new, but the campus coverage in the paper is worse this year than it was under any of the last three news editors. Holding a forum is one thing, actually creating good, representative content is another.
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