Students can come to The Barometer as freshmen and begin writing immediately. Right around the time students in other fields of study are finishing up their bac core requirements and beginning a focus on their intended major, Barometer writers and photographers are deciding which of hundreds of clips they are going to bring to their next job interview. We are learning by doing. I'm convinced that's the best way there is. But learning by doing means learning by collective successes and mistakes.
All journalists make mistakes.
But mistakes and agenda are two different things. Our agenda is learning. And I would place my very life as collateral for the collective integrity of the men and women who work at this paper. The Barometer is published Monday through Friday, except holidays and final exam week during the academic school year and weekly during the summer. Each issue represents hundreds of student hours of learning.