Exciting times
It’s the second day of Agora Week and it’s been great to take spend an hour every day belly dancing and baking desserts. Agora Days are definitely my favorite Uni tradition and I wholeheartedly take advantage of lack of homework and excess of free time that comes with this week.
The cherry on the top it all though is the result of the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) contest for online journalism publications. Called the NSPA Online Pacemaker contest, this competition is meant to pick out those publications which are “setting the pace” for online journalism.
Fortunately for the Gargoyle we were one of the online publications privileged enough to be chosen as finalists. There are nine finalists and from these a circle of winners will be chosen.
After only being online for a year, I find it really amazing to see how far we have come from where we started. From only publishing a handful of stories a week I get to read several handfuls of stories per day. My reading experience is now optimized with the multimedia features which are part of stories. The increase in the number of comments per story has let me see how our readership has expanded and the breadth and depth of each article has let me see how my fellow staff members have improved as journalists in their ability to take on more complex and daring projects.
It’s mind-boggling for me to try and imagine the potential of this publication, and I am truly honored and proud to be a part of something so great. We’ve come a long way, and I’m excited about going even further as a member of next year’s staff.
— Shivani Khanna