By: Former Lantern Writer

Former Lantern Writer
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:07:53 +0000

An actual piece of journalism should have more than a press release as a source. There is no point in re-writing a press release. That's not analysis or journalism. The Lantern used to have a requirement that each article written had to have 3 sources, including one student source/reaction since The Lantern is supposed to be the voice of student news. Now that they aren't even putting out the print edition, this standard is even more doable. Read actual newspapers - you don't see a recycled press release. If your classes are PR classes...that makes sense. If you are referring to actual journalism classes...that's pretty sad.