Got the skills for the newspaper?

By Justine Shorter (senior) and Gloria Brookens (senior)


Faithful readers often overlook the time, effort, and dedication it takes to produce newspapers and magazines.

Senior Amanda Sheaffer, editor-in-chief of Marquette Tribune, describes her position as a 24/7 job.

“Working at the Tribune is a crash course in time management,” the chief exclaims.

Sheaffer also mentioned the devotion it takes to maintain her grades and run such an esteem paper as the Tribune, which prints about 10,000 copies twice weekly.

She admitted that running paper is very time consuming but it is all about finding the balance.

Phil Caruso, assistant campus editor of the Tribune, declares that although working at a paper can be tedious staff member certainly gain reek beneficial rewards.

“I have learned more working at the Trib then I ever have at any journalism course,” explains Caruso.

Caruso, Junior, has been an activate member with the Tribune since his freshmen year. The savvy campus editor acknowledges the difficulties of maintaining deadlines among all writers.

Even though there are two newspapers at Marquette the Tribune feels no threat that students will not stop and read their writing.

To follow their motto ,“A student first and Tribune second”, is no problem for no one there. All nights and days but there are guarantees that both are going to get done.