Our Voice: Thank you, and you, and you.
Every fourth Thursday of November, we as Americans take time to celebrate Thanksgiving, a tradition that is around 400 years old, give or take a few years. In lieu of that tradition, which will again be celebrated Thursday, Nov. 25, here is what we at The Colonnade are thankful for.
First of all we are thankful to live in a country that has given us freedom of the speech and freedom of the press and exchange of information. We as a newspaper staff and as journalists owe our very survival to those stipulations.
We as a staff are very thankful to the dozens of writers who make our jobs, especially the editors’ a little bit easier and a little less stressful. We’ve been blessed by many writers, some mass communication majors and some not, who take time out of their busy daily schedules and volunteer to interview sources and cover events, which allows us to put out a newspaper week in and week out.
We are thankful to the hundreds of sources around campus and even off campus who we talk to every year and the time and consideration they give us. These sources range from random students on campus to faculty and staff to administrators and coaches to student athletes. They all have their own schedules, and they are not required by any laws to talk to us or give us information. But they do, anyway.
We are thankful to our professors who lend us guidance, support and advice toward becoming a better and more improved media organization. They are the ones who have given us the skills as writers, reporters and designers to be successful in keeping The Colonnade a well-run operation with sincere integrity.
We are thankful to be a part of a university that embraces us and has provided us with the advanced tools necessary for success. The past few years and even this semester alone, we have improved our newsroom with bigger and faster technology. We’ve launched a new and improved Web site. And we’ve continued to rack up awards, winning General Excellence once again at the Georgia College Press Association Awards and won awards at the Southeastern Journalism Conference since the last Thanksgiving passed us by.
We are thankful to be a part of a university that embraces diversity and more importantly, diversity of thought. We have been able to bring you, the readers coverage of a multitude of events, people and places connected to our campus community and those that keep conversation amongst readers going.
Most of all, we are thankful to you, the readers. We thank you for picking up our newspaper every week and reading it. It’s not uncommon for our newsstands all around campus to run bare by the middle of the week before the next issue is put out. We sincerely appreciate not only you reading it, but also the compliments and feedback we get back from you. Even if the feedback isn’t positive, we appreciate it. Our goal is to always be improving and never be stagnant. So thank you, readers. Without you, this would not be possible. It’s your right to know and our duty to inform.
We at The Colonnade wish you and your families a happy and blessed Thanksgiving.
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