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St-Lawrence Journalism program is no more
Faculty staff Khadijah Vakily, Terry Tinkess and Bill Kingston, surrounded by past and current students, during a recent gathering on April 17. cross the front doors of the post-secondary institution. Done are the days where curious soon- to-be journalists could be seen throughout Cornwall, in search of a good or interes- ting story. Gone is also The Point , the only newspaper to cover news at the College. “Every time a program ceases to operate, it creates sadness,” explained the dean of the College, Don Fairweather. “But the college is a business. When a program isn’t profitable enough, we have to shut it down.” Fairweather also explained that colleges tend to change programs quite a bit, in order to adapt to the changing economy. “Colleges were never meant to have the same classes all the time,” he stresses. “We are made to change to better suit the world.” But, although Journalismwon’t be taught in Cornwall any longer, Programcoordinator Terry Tinkess was quick to point out that the world still needs journalists. “There is
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About 15 individuals all met up in the St. Lawrence College’s most prestigious
conference room; the river room. Overloo- king the St. Lawrence, it truly captures the areas beauty. But on April 17, it was home to amixture of emotions, ranging from sadness to cele- brations and laughter.
a demand for journalism,” he explained. “There is a demand for students. I don’t think calling it Print Journalism helps things because while there is still print, there are a lot of other forms of journalism.” When asked what he
Alumni of the Journalism program as well as current students and faculty staff all exchanged interesting stories....
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Alumni of the Journalism program as well as current students and faculty staff all exchanged interesting stories, for it was a turning point in everyone’s lives; the last of the programme’s classes were now finished. Next year, no new journalism students will
thought of the closure of the program, gra- duating student Marc Benoit had to pon- der for a short while. “I’ve given it a lot of thought,” he said. “It was an interesting program, but it always depends on the job market.”
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