{"id":19767,"date":"2020-07-29T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19767"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:11:47","slug":"editors-letter-complete-your-college-experience-and-come-write-for-nexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/07\/29\/editors-letter-complete-your-college-experience-and-come-write-for-nexus\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Letter: Complete your college experience and come write for <em>Nexus<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For obvious reasons, we took a break from printing copies of the paper this summer. One of the benefits that we lost there is that we usually make it very clear in the issues that you, Camosun College students, can\u2014and should!\u2014write for <em>Nexus<\/em>. So allow me to take a minute now to explain what normally would have been in those much-missed (they\u2019ll return, don\u2019t worry) print copies of the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nexus<\/em> is put together entirely by Camosun students, with one non-student staffer (that\u2019s me). You don\u2019t need to have any experience to write for us, but you do need to have passion, you need to have opinions, you need to have a burning desire to find answers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NEXUS-30-13-PAGE-ONE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19199 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NEXUS-30-13-PAGE-ONE-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NEXUS-30-13-PAGE-ONE-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NEXUS-30-13-PAGE-ONE.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or maybe you just want to drink beer and write about it. We can help you there, too.<\/p>\n<p>From hard-hitting news stories to columns about food, from cartoons to interviews with your favourite bands that are rolling through town, we\u2019ve got it all. Well, as long as we have writers to write about it, that is.<\/p>\n<p>This is where you come in: all you have to do is email me at <a href=\"mailto:editor@nexusnewspaper.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">editor@nexusnewspaper.com<\/a> and we\u2019ll get you started. Maybe you want to cover student politics, or maybe you want to interview a director of a local play. Or maybe you just want to drink some beer and write about it for us. Whatever you want, we can train you and get you published in no time. It\u2019s fun, it\u2019s a rewarding part of your time at college, and it\u2019s great work experience.<\/p>\n<p>Come contribute to an award-winning newspaper; come write for <em>Nexus<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For obvious reasons, we took a break from printing copies of the paper this summer. One of the benefits that we lost there is that we usually make it very clear in the issues that you, Camosun College students, can\u2014and should!\u2014write for Nexus. 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