Much of this semester’s work at The Globe is meant to show that we are a real news organization. It doesn’t matter that we are student journalists, and it doesn’t matter that some of us are first-year students.
We do this work because we care. There are stories that need to be told, and sometimes, that looks like holding power to account. Doing this requires a wide variety of student voices and experiences.
Now, we realize The Globe might look a bit different this year. This is intentional. Every article in our paper, online and on the Instagram page is something that the writer and the editorial board can be proud of.
Has this not always been the case with this newspaper? Sure. But in years past, not every article was something the writer could say with confidence they were proud to have published.
Some of these were purely filler articles meant to fill space. But some articles written last minute can still be good; after all, some of The Globe’s best pieces were written a day before deadline.
However, we think it was clear when articles were made last minute just to have enough content to send to the printing press. This is not the example we want to set, and we don’t want to be known as a news organization that prints “slop,” for lack of a better term.
Why? Because that’s not who we are anymore. This year’s editorial staff are working hard to make this not only the best version of The Globe in recent history, but the best media organization on campus and the best student newspaper in Pittsburgh.
Are these lofty goals? The last one might be, but otherwise, no. The goal is ultimately to bring back readers’ trust for what should be the number one source for news on Point Park’s campus.
To be better requires the participation of everyone here.
We do not exist to be the School of Communication’s poster child and to only uplift the people in it — quite the opposite. Instead, we exist as something everyone here can participate in.
Whether you’re a dancer, education student or in computer science, our staff will work to cover what’s important to your major and will always welcome new participants no matter what their major is.
And with this fall semester acting as a Globe “re-do,” we are once again inviting new people to join our organization in the spring. You’ve seen what we’re capable of and that we’re serious, so there is a place for you here.
Write for us, take pictures for us — almost anything you’d want to do, we’re willing to listen.
It’s easy for us to say that we’ve proven ourselves this semester, but we want to keep this momentum going next semester and every semester onward. That can only happen with your involvement.
You’ve seen what we can do. Now it’s your turn.