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In the second episode of Under The Sun, Marc Lacey ’87 joined columnist Gabriel Levin ‘26 remotely from his office in The New York Times headquarters to reflect on the lessons he has learned throughout his legendary career in media.
Since the pandemic, The Sun has undergone numerous ups and downs and remained afloat amid various challenges, including the general decline of local news and journalism as a profession.
Despite these challenges, we continue to publish daily online and twice a week in print. So, what keeps a place like The Sun moving every day? The students.
In response to recent polarization, a panel of distinguished alumni and Cornell faculty examined the media’s role in perpetuating political divide at a Wednesday event.
Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Andrew Morse ’96 visited campus Tuesday for an Inside Journalism event, where he reflected on his career as a journalist, discussed technology’s role in modern journalism and offered advice to those looking to enter the industry.
This fall, the College of Arts and Sciences will welcome Ann M. Simmons, the Moscow Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, as the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Fellow.
Marc Lacey ’87, former editor-in-chief at the Cornell Daily Sun, was named as managing editor at the New York Times.
Spring 2022 Zubrow Fellow and acclaimed science journalist Natalie Zubrow will join the Cornell community as a guest lecturer and speaker next semester.
Against this backdrop of the illusion of meritocracy, contrary to what Best said in the interview, I argue that Substack does not free journalists from the need to game the social media algorithms. Instead, Substack primarily serves those who have already successfully “gamed” the algorithms — those that have already been rewarded with attention, fame and popularity on existing social media platforms, particularly Twitter.
Alumna Molly O’Toole will be back on the Hill to share her wisdom with students hoping to follow in her footsteps.
As I reflect on my time at Cornell, The Sun will shine brightly as one of my most lasting and positive experiences. Not because it jump started my career as a journalist or gave me the thrill of seeing my name attached to a published piece, not because it allowed me to speak to science luminaries like Steve Squyres or Carla Gomez (although I covet the audio recordings of our interviews), but because I got to work with and learn from a talented team of passionate writers, reporters and friends. Working as a writer and editor for The Sun primarily taught me about journalism, but it also taught me about myself (cheesy, I know). Ultimately, it solidified my long-held appreciation for good writing and reporting. What I learned about journalism, through my time at the Sun, is reflected in the words of author John Irving — “Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.” It is the responsibility of a journalist to report on what is noticed and, importantly, what people fail to notice.