Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Letter from the Editor

“The Globe looks great!”Every time I hear it from new and senior faculty, or from students I don’t even know, I feel enormous pride because I know how hard our staff works.Yet, I’m also reminded of the reputation The Globe had in the past by the subtle impatience some sources at the University have with The Globe.Then I look behind my desk and see the awards The Globe won in the through the years from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Second place for best non-daily newspaper in 2002 for region one. Third place in 2003. I am so proud to be able to hang on that wall our first place award for best all-around non-daily small newspaper in region four for the fall of 2012.We still have areas in need of improvement like any student newspaper, but we earned that award. Our improvements are not only recognized by the Point Park community, but also by professional journalist judges. The award comes at a crucial time in the evolution of The Globe. It means so much to our hardworking staff who had to overcome great challenges of staffing and adjustment to change.And there has been change.It began last semester when a group of leading Globe seniors graduated, leaving behind a strong organizational framework and manifesto for guidance. The Globe faced forging a new, loyal staff of writers and editors in a refurbished office that hadn’t been reorganized in many years. We conquered the election, voter ID law and office computer problems.With growing confidence, we had big plans for this semester in redesigning the paper and the website. Success. Recently armed with SPJ credibility, we pledge to investigate in-depth on certain issues the Point Park community wants and needs to know.Our school is going through dramatic changes, so must our paper to keep up with University coverage – and the times.Amidst these many changes, I read notes past editors left in the Globe closet to remind me, “Don’t forget your roots.”No matter what our masthead looks like, what our office looks like, or even what the size of our paper is, The Globe will always adhere to its standards of professionalism, striving to focus more and more on its specific audience. It will always be a welcoming community.Posting an article you wrote for The Globe on Facebook today might get you a lot of “likes”, but in the future, it will get you a job. I speak from experience.All the editors here will tell you The Globe has strengthened their writing abilities out of the classroom, boosted their confidence, given them a portfolio and provided a place to make friends.I’m not graduating yet, but I have made so many memories here at The Globe. Like the janitor who comes on our floor late Monday nights who likes the leftover pizza we offer him so much that he gives us entire bags of Kit Kats and triangle chocolates from Sweden. I’ve always wondered if anyone on the ninth floor of Lawrence is able to hear us laughing hysterically around midnight.I still have yet to sign the wall in the office closet like all the other editors, but when I do, I want to assure them that The Globe will always remember its roots. I also want to set a goal ¾ a promise, rather ¾ that we will work to erase all past judgment while living up to the credibility awarded to us.It’s wonderful to hear that we are doing great from professional journalists, but that praise means the same – if not more – from readers here at home.

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