Communication 2223 – Lantern Practicum

By: Hayley Beck
Norwalk, Ohio
Agricultural Communications
Senior

the lantern header

I choose to take the Lantern Practicum course because I was very interested in the Comm 2221 course that I had taken the prior semester. The Lantern Practicum counts as elective credits for the Agricultural Communications major. This is a 4 credit hour course that is intense, with a heavy work load. Over the course of the semester, the requirement is to write 16 stories for the paper.

There are three sections that you could potentially write for: sports, campus and arts and entertainment. I was a campus reporter, I wrote about events that were happening on campus, including construction on campus, Homecoming and other events, mainly on Ag Campus. Each week I had to submit three story ideas to my editor, these are ideas that I would then write stories about.

Coming up with three ideas every week was a challenge, but made me more aware of what was happening on campus.

My experience with the paper was overall positive. I enjoyed writing articles about events on campus, the teacher is strict and ruthless, he grades hard and is often times unreasonable and will not take any excuses as to why stories are late. That was the toughest part of the course in my opinion.

Being a reporter for The Lantern was a stressful but rewarding experience.

 

Hayley wrote this blog post on her experience in the Communication 2223 course at Ohio State, which fulfills an elective credit in the agricultural communication major. All opinions are her own.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *