We started the Consensus with the first issue in September of last year.\u00a0 Previously, a simple opinion column, either by a staff member or from the McClatchy-Tribune, would fill this space.\u00a0 It was really no different from what you see to the right.<\/p>\n
The staff felt the opinion page needed a little something different, so we decided to create the Consensus.\u00a0 The idea is and was simple\u2013the staff debates something and comes to an agreement.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s easy enough, right?\u00a0 It truly isn\u2019t.\u00a0 The entire Clarion staff is a diverse bunch.\u00a0 We don\u2019t often agree on what should go on the front page!
\nHowever, what made it challenging also made it fun.\u00a0 Journalists strive to be many things.\u00a0 Entertaining, informative, ethical… but they\u2019d also like to open your eyes to another ideas.<\/p>\n
Let you see the forest in spite of the trees.<\/p>\n
The debates weren\u2019t often harsh.\u00a0 We found as the year went on we agreed more and more, but disagreements in a newsroom isn\u2019t, well, news.\u00a0 It\u2019s what we do.<\/p>\n
And, not every topic we discuss is life or death.\u00a0 But we tried to be timely, honest and Sinclair-centric.<\/p>\n
We felt it was important to keep the topics as Sinclair-centric as possible.\u00a0 Why should the Sinclair student newspaper have nothing about Sinclair on it?<\/p>\n
So, when students flooded Sinclair\u2019s facebook page to complain about snow days (or a lack there of) we jumped on it.\u00a0 When something spreads through Sinclair, we want to cover it, and not just as a news story.\u00a0 We want to give our takes!<\/p>\n
It was a struggle at first to understand the \u2018we\u2019 of that.\u00a0 The Consensus has no byline.\u00a0 It is a group effort.\u00a0 We all pitch in.\u00a0 Sometimes one person does the writing, sometimes we team up.\u00a0 If one person feels strongly, they take the lead.<\/p>\n
The name is not a misnomer.\u00a0 This is a consensus.<\/p>\n
So, as the phrase goes, we\u2019re looking back at all of that to look forward a bit.<\/p>\n
For two of the staff members at the Clarion, this is the last paper they will be working on.<\/p>\n
Alex Linton, the design manager, has been working on the paper since fall of 2009.<\/p>\n
Adam Adkins, the editor, started last May.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a long ride, and sometimes the end seemed forever away.\u00a0 But, it\u2019s here.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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