{"id":102,"date":"2018-11-09T09:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=102"},"modified":"2018-11-09T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:04:06","slug":"student-journalism-in-the-age-of-mistrust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2018\/student-journalism-in-the-age-of-mistrust\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Journalism in the Age of Mistrust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nick Bush, managing editor emeritus of the Good Five Cent Cigar, and Lianna Blakeman, editor-in-chief.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

By Nick Bush and Lianna Blakeman<\/p>\n

Across the nation, journalism is<\/span> facing significant threats. According to a 2016 Gallup poll, only 32 percent of Americans had a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the media, down eight points from the previous year. As student journalists, we strive to understand and prepare ourselves for \u201creal-world\u201d journalism, but we must also consider the role of student journalism.<\/p>\n

Student newspapers across the country face the threat of losing their impact and relevance to the community. In the age of mistrust, many view the reporting in university newspapers as subpar and lacking important news coverage. But, the Good Five Cent Cigar<\/i>, since its inception, has held that student journalism should not only be a learning experience, but also serve the community. The Cigar<\/i> is fortunate to be in a campus environment where freedom of speech is not only protected but cherished. As a result, we have been able to tackle challenging stories that you might not expect in a student newspaper.<\/p>\n

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In the first issue of the spring 2018 semester, the headline on the front page of the Cigar<\/i> was, \u201cFormer 溏心vlog免费B站 student charged with first-degree murder.\u201d This was an unusual story for a student newspaper to cover, and it caught students\u2019 interest. The papers flew off the shelves, demonstrating there was reader demand for investigative articles. In response, the Cigar<\/i> editorial board felt a growing need to have a dedicated team of skilled reporters to manage these types of articles. Our team of investigative reporters, Cigarlight\u2014a play on the name of the Boston Globe<\/i> Spotlight team\u2014has tackled topics like Student Senate financial regulations and the defunding of one of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s largest student organizations. They spend hours listening to interviews with students, faculty, and administrators, poring over official documents, and piecing together a cohesive story that the Cigar<\/i> is proud to publish.<\/p>\n

We always work diligently toward accurate, high-quality articles, but sometimes we make mistakes. That is what makes student journalism so unique\u2014while we are not professionals in the field, we still strive to hold ourselves up to the highest of professional standards.<\/p>\n

Despite the risk of failing or receiving angry responses, we still choose to do bigger and harder-hitting stories. Yes, it is more difficult and time-consuming, but we believe that our role as journalists demands it. We\u2019ve seen positive and negative responses to some of these challenging stories, but we are engaging the entire campus community and sparking dialogue on topics that matter, and that\u2019s exactly what we, as student journalists, strive for.<\/p>\n

The Cigar<\/i> has come a long way since 1971\u2014through many trials and tribulations, highs and lows. But what hasn\u2019t changed is that we are still passionate reporters, and we are dedicated to taking the Cigar<\/i> to new places. We hope to fully explore student journalism and, above all, provide a valuable service to the 溏心vlog免费B站 community. \u2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Student journalists at 溏心vlog免费B站’s Good Five Cent Cigar strive to understand and prepare themselves for \u201creal-world\u201d journalism, but must also consider the role of student journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2018","architecture-cigar-box","architecture-currents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}