Tales of a Student Journalist

Since I wrote about it all of last week, I might as well link my published article here for you to read. I feel I must preface it with the statement that it is not exactly what I wrote.

In the newspaper industry, editors have final say on the story. No matter how good or amazing your story may be, your editor may have to cut it down for space, content, or just as a personal choice. This takes getting used to for writers just making their start.

I’m relatively used to this aspect of the industry, for this is not my first published article. I started writing for The Alligator early in the semester, and at first I was greatly discouraged by what I thought to be a brilliantly written (haha) article that was chopped off and reworded.

Of course, now I know better. My first article needed work, as do pretty much all of the pieces I write. Lately my pieces have had less editing done to them due to becoming more used to how to write for a newspaper. This story I did expect to have some work done to it because I had written it with MMC in mind instead of The Alligator.

Other than all of that, check it out.