Visiting The New York Times

Dear readers,

Last week, I had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the New York
Times newsroom in Manhattan. As part of a field trip for my Global
Media and Politics class, my classmates and I took a tour of the
newsroom and met with members of the Times’ editorial board and
a foreign affairs editor.

Few places represent journalism better than the Times’ building.
One of the most-read and most-respected news organizations in the
world, the paper is one of very few to still have foreign bureaus around
the world.

From the six-story newsroom in the 8th Avenue skyscraper, the
paper’s journalists print stories that are read in capitals around the
world. And from a 13th floor conference room, the Times’ editorial
board writes editorials that often affect policy in those very capitals.

That’s the power of journalism—it literally can change the world.
That’s why, on a much smaller scale, of course, we at The Review
spend so much time in a cramped office in Perkins Student Center
putting out the paper each week.

Many say print journalism is dying. Maybe that’s true (even though
I still have faith that there are enough people who enjoy sitting down
with a newspaper more than with a computer).But, journalism, in
whatever form, is not going anywhere.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief