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\"Alvaro
Alvaro Guillen, publisher of La Raza del Noroeste. courtesy photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When University of Washington Bothell students learn journalism through community newspapers, they also learn about the ethnic and geographic communities served by the papers, said Kristin Gustafson, who has been teaching Introduction to Journalism since 2009. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This school year, students submitted stories to five Seattle-area publications: Real Change<\/a>, the International Examine<\/a>r, La Raza del Noroeste<\/a>, the Bothell-Kenmore Reporter<\/a> and Kirkland Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a class of about 25 students, four or five choose each paper. After researching the paper and its audience, students discuss story ideas with Gustafson, a senior lecturer in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的y think this is just for a class and then \u2014 wow! This is for real.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the newspaper, the students meet with an editor. 足彩app哪个是正规的y talk about the paper\u2019s mission, operation and story selection process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish hyperlocal <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

La Raza del Noroeste<\/a> is a Spanish-language paper that has been working with UW Bothell students since 2014, said Alvaro Guillen, publisher of the weekly that is a product of Sound Publishing in Everett. 足彩app哪个是正规的s provide relevant stories about immigration, health and education, said Guillen, who translates them into Spanish for the print paper. 足彩app哪个是正规的y appear in both Spanish and English online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the decline in some parts of the news industry, hyperlocal newspapers focused on a specific geographic area or community are doing fine, Guillen tells students. \u201cWe are not going anywhere,\u201d he said. \u201cJournalists will still be important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just can\u2019t imagine a world without journalists. It\u2019s key in our society to be able to listen to truth, written in different media outlets locally and across the nation,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As La Raza del Noroeste benefits from student-provided content, it also contributes to the development of professional local journalists. \u201cIt\u2019s a great collaboration,\u201d Guillen said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the basics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Gustafson\u2019s class, students learn the basics of writing in the who, what, when, where and why style. 足彩app哪个是正规的y see how to structure a story in the traditional news-details-background format. Other skills include how to interview and attribute sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the class, students blog about their work in a way that takes them into the social media style of writing. Blogging shows how writers gain credibility through subjectivity, which is different from traditional journalism\u2019s objectivity, Gustafson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a blog together, students experiment with individual and group voices. 足彩app哪个是正规的y develop the skill of moving between different ways of presenting information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what made it different from other writing-required classes,\u201d said Hannah Horiatis, a December 2018 graduate in Media & Communications Studies. \u201cIt felt more relevant, and I think students like that, rather than just writing papers. It helped me to write online articles because there are space restrictions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah\u2019s story <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Hannah
Hannah Horiatis. Marc Studer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Learning journalism through a community-based experience was exceptional, Horiatis said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot only does it help you feel more involved and connected to the community, it gives you so many more opportunities,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was great to get out of the classroom. You feel like more than just a student.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having grown up in Woodinville, Horiatis chose the local Bothell-Kenmore Reporter for her fall 2017 Introduction to Journalism assignment. Researching the weekly, which also is part of Sound Publishing, Horiatis interviewed Samantha Pak, senior editor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horiatis decided to write about how housing development was changing downtown Bothell. She researched the housing market and interviewed Bothell\u2019s deputy mayor and a senior planner. When the paper published her story on rising rent and home prices online, Horiatis said it was one of the first things she was proud of, after having previously attended two other colleges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I found journalism and had this success, I was really excited,\u201d Horiatis said. \u201cI finally found something I enjoyed and was rewarded with being published.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That led to a directed study course with Gustafson in spring 2018 in which Horiatis wrote for the My Neighborhood News<\/a> network. She covered stories in Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. That turned into a paid internship with more responsibilities, including the police blotter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal skills <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Horiatis returned to the Introduction to Journalism course in fall 2018 as a peer facilitator and had the experience of seeing the process in the role of a teacher and editor. After graduating, her confidence as a journalist helped Horiatis land a job at Volt, the workforce solutions company, as a recruiter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had six months of experience and 35 published articles that made me stick out, and I could speak on my experience interviewing and reporting,\u201d Horiatis said. \u201cI was able to jump into this job running. I interview people all day.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With few students likely to go into traditional journalism, the skills and experience they take away from the class have multiple applications, Gustafson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully students emerge with a strong value for what journalism does and can do,\u201d Gustafson said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的y may not be a traditional journalist. 足彩app哪个是正规的y will be somebody who will tell stories. I also hope it helps them understand their community better.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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