Campus Journalism: A Lifetime Opportunity
Alofe Faith Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University. Campus Journalism as described in “Adejumo Kabir’s” handbook about campus journalism refers to the act of collecting, writing and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television or radio within the institution community. The practice of campus journalism is the foundation for anyone trying to pursue a career in journalism. Campus Journalism is the best outfit that reports, writes contents, conduct interviews and investigates happenings within individual universities and that can be done by students of such institutions. The main purpose of campus journalism is to serve as watch dogs of the institutions, therefore becoming a campus journalist will help foster and trigger your prospects to amplify voices of student against the school’s unfavorable policies and actions. Nevertheless, “Campus Journalism” may appear to be a one way traffic but it goes way beyond the practices of just writi...