Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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Journalists play essential role on campus

Published Friday, September 28, 2007

Almost a year ago, 26 students came into 202 York St. to start publishing a newspaper. We faced the daunting challenge of putting together a daily paper that would reflect a institution ever-changing, yet seemingly timeless, an institution that was so much a part of us, yet of which we were but a small part.

We faced, in other words, the eternal conundrum of journalism: How can journalists understand — not just hear about, but really understand — the challenges and needs of the many communities we serve?

As much as journalists strive to let stories be driven solely by the...

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