Kudos to Suffolk Journal editor Alex Pearlman for her initiative and outside-the-box thinking. In a letter published earlier this week in the Journal, the student newspaper at Suffolk University in Boston, Pearlman announced the creation of an international news section.
It is an idea with a ton of merit, one that Pearlman wrote stemmed in part from her desire to resurrect quality international reporting:
Interest in international reporting has recently taken a nosedive, forcing newspapers to close down foreign bureaus and rely solely on wire services like Associated Press and Reuters. As a journalism student, and I’m sure that a number of others in the Communication and Journalism department agree with me, this is a disheartening and upsetting development, especially for those hoping to become foreign correspondents one day.
The content plan: Suffolk students studying abroad in various global hotspots send in dispatches. The study-abroaders get clips. The Journal gets articles. Suffolk student readers gain knowledge. Everyone wins, especially college journalism. Good luck!
Please send me all articles by Alex Pearlman. She’s my favorite grand-daughter. Thanks so much.
They’re doing that in a smart way. When I read they were doing an international edition I thought, “What, are they going to pay to send correspondents overseas?” but they don’t have to.
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