Letter from the Editor

I am a journalism major. Go ahead.  Make the jokes. We journalism majors know we will probably live in boxes five years from now because we chose to get involved in a dying field.

            And yet here I am in the business school, enemy territory to any non-business major. The phrase "…and SUSA will pay for that" still has not become familiar to the ear of a student more accustomed to hearing, "There's no money in journalism."

            As far as I know, I am the only non-business major involved in SUSA. I am the new editor-in-chief of The Munch, the publication you are reading. (This writing tool is called "burying the lede." I just waited three paragraphs to state the purpose of this letter—my introduction as editor-in-chief). I will be justifying the purpose of my education throughout this letter by arrogantly spouting off facts learned in journalism school.

            My goal is not to infiltrate the business school and distribute funding better throughout the university. Instead, it is to build upon the hard work of the people who have made The Munch what it is. (AP style dictates that publication names be italicized, not put in quotes).

            Kirsten Chen deserves my utmost thanks for making my transition an easy one. Her hard work and dedication began The Munch's evolution into a legitimate publication. 

            Jay Gupta, Alyson Theobald, Brittany Godinez, Sam Blum, Jessica Lin, Tanya Kapoor and Alk Thompson (AP style dictates no comma prior to the "and" in a series) have already been invaluable resources in creating the publication you hold in your hands.

            I hope to continue Chen's (AP style dictates a writer use last names only on second reference) work by increasing the quality and quantity of content in The Munch. Ideally, by the end of the semester, you will be reading a newspaper with a larger variety of articles, writers and photographs.

            So I ask you, dear reader, to continue to read our publication this semester as we achieve our goals such as adding new features, increasing the size and staff of the publication and better serving the student body. Like anything, journalism has a business model. The more readers a publication gains, the more advertisers are willing to pay for space. So by reading our paper, you could increase our revenue. But I still keep forgetting: SUSA will pay for us either way.