By Erin Marissa Russell
Today, journalism students create The Brookhaven Courier with up-to-date design software and digital cameras. But when the first issue was published on Nov. 22, 1978, it was a different world.
“Layout was done in pencil on dummy pages, with “x”s to show the position of photos or illustrations”, then-program director Dr. John Neal said Continue reading
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By Kurt Hyde
Opinion
Freedom of the press is vital to the plight of democracy because it preserves the right to inform and the right to be informed. Alexander Hamilton explains in the Federalist Paper #84 why he believed freedom of the press did not belong Continue reading
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By Diana Abou-Saleh
Citizen Kane (1941)
“Citizen Kane” is a classic American tragedy that is viewed by many critics as one of the most significant motion pictures of all time. The director and protagonist is Orson Welles, a young and innovative filmmaker at the time. The film also represents the summit of Welles’ filmmaking career. “Citizen Kane” was nominated for nine Continue reading
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By Stephanie Ball
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on Nov. 30, 1835, in Florida, Mo. He was the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemons and would later be known as Mark Twain Continue reading
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By Diana Abou-Saleh
Former rock journalist, screenwriter, and director Cameron Crowe was born July 13, 1957, in Palm Springs, Cali. He was raised in San Diego under the tight-knit rules of his parents, a teacher and a real estate agent who banned rock’n’roll music in their house. Crowe’s mother pushed him to strive in academics. As a result, Crowe skipped kindergarten Continue reading
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By Obed Manuel
Frank Librio, managing director of the Public Information Office for the City of Dallas, describes his parents as “incessant consumers of news.”
In Librio’s case, the apple did not fall far from the tree Continue reading
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By Diana Abou-Saleh
Nora Ephron was born May 19, 1941, in New York. She was the first of four daughters of acclaimed screenplay writers Henry and Phoebe Ephron. Ehpron grew up in Los Angeles due to her parents’ career in the film industry. When she graduated from high school, she went on to Wellesley College Continue reading
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By Stephanie Ball
Kristin McKenzie was an intern at The Dallas Morning News and is currently searching for a journalism job.
1. How and when did you become interested in journalism? Continue reading
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By Obed Manuel
Opinion
I walked into my very first journalism class as a shy, quiet, unsociable 16-year-old. I had no interest in being a journalist – back then I still dreamed of being a short story writer, like J.D. Salinger or Edgar Allan Poe. I agreed to take the journalism class to receive a computer science credit Continue reading
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By Azure Wickert
Opinion
After entertaining many opportunities, I have exhausted what I have determined to be the most acceptable amount of student debt and have found myself without a degree. My solution was Brookhaven College because the school is affordable Continue reading
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