My journey at the Northern Star has helped me grow not only as a student journalist, but also as a person. The life and work management skills that I have learned since I joined the staff at the start of my freshman year in Fall 2019 are invaluable and will stick with me as I.
Being a transfer student during COVID, I didn’t get to spend as much time at the Northern Star as I would have liked. I joined the Northern Star in my junior year. I wouldn’t call myself a seasoned journalist, but I’ve been a part of a few newsrooms before joining the Star. Somehow, that didn’t.
While I’ve learned a lot at the Star, the biggest lesson that I’ve taken away from my experience is to believe in myself. As a journalism major, I considered applying to the Star many times, but I always thought that I wouldn’t be good enough. Thanks to a LinkedIn message from the former editor-in-chief Wes.
At the time of this writing, it’s two in the morning and I am trying to summarize four years of working for the Northern Star. Being a writer often is made up of late evenings, fueled by Coca-Cola and a deadline. But as I write one of my final articles for this paper, I am.
Ask me to talk about the news, sports or issue of the day and I could talk to you for a good couple of hours. Ask me to talk about my relationship to the Northern Star, and I couldn’t even think where to begin. This semester has been a rollercoaster. It’s given me tremendous pride,.