Next term…
…will usher in a new era of journalism at Knox College. Why, you ask? Because the unstoppable news team of Charlie and Anna will be reunited.
I’d like to take this opportunity to give a tremendous kudos to Charlie for all of the work he did fall term by himself. Let me tell you, running the news section of TKS is no easy task, much less doing it alone. Last term, Charlie came up with story ideas when nothing was happening, managed a staff of almost entirely new writers (while trying to increase mentoring time with said staff), put together the entire news section every Wednesday, pulled more than his own weight in terms of assignments and dealt with publications office debacles with the grace of a pro. He produced some excellent reporting while working to develop the talent in our young writing staff. He’s modest, and so he’s not going to like that I’m posting this here, but he can deal, because he’s pretty awesome.
If Charlie did all of that by himself, wait until you see what we’re going to do together. Expect more coverage of national and international affairs. Expect more hard-hitting investigative stories. Expect more multimedia reporting. But don’t just expect it; hold us to it. We do journalism because we love it, but we ultimately do it for you, our audience, and we don’t like to deal in empty promises.
(Who knows; maybe Charlie will even make an appearance on this blog! Or another editor besides Katy and me. I can dream.)