My name is Alyson Roseman and I am a Freshman, public communucations major (at Newhouse) here at SU. I was unable to come to the general interest meeting last night and would like to know what information I missed. I would love to become a part of the team and hear about the opportunities that are available. Thanks for your help-have a great day!

Best regards,

Alyson Roseman

Lastly, and most importantly, the DO wasn’t dumb enough to publicly post their “negativity” on their web site. And that makes all the difference.

You should have a serious talk with your “promotions director” because his post just created lots of negative backlash, and not just from the DO staff. Your message, in the last paragraph, was much more appropriate (and accurate) than what Evan wrote. Tell him to get his head out of his ass.

1.) This isn’t an “article”; it’s a blog post, and is clearly labeled as a blog post. As such, it isn’t expected to follow AP Style conventions, and it reflects an individual’s opinion – not the opinion of the entire station. This is made clear by the listing of the post’s author and by the text in the footer of every page on our blog.

2.) No one has been censored from commenting on the article. The comments just needed time to be approved on our blog’s backend. CitrusTV is in no way interested in censoring constructive speech. The approval process is just to remove spam or severely harmful and hateful language.

As the posters above know, I’ve done a lot of work for The D.O. too, and seen on the inside the negativity expressed toward CitrusTV and other student media on campus. I’m not saying two wrongs make a right. I’m just wondering how else your staff thinks CitrusTV members would respond to The D.O.’s negativity about Citrus.

In closing, the point here is a positive one: the decision against Jerk Magazine was reversed, and CitrusTV News Live at 6, one of the few live campus newscasts in the county, had a part in getting the ball rolling. In the end, that’s what I’m proud of and what’s important.

Because the DO dug deeper, their article was able to fully expose the ridiculousness of this the “policy,” which certainly contributed to greater awareness of the issue. And saying this change was due “largely” to your reporting (basically taking credit for it) potentially undermines all the others who were involved in this process, like the magazine staff, and especially Dean Branham. I read that she called Cantor and convinced her to repeal the policy.

I’d recommend investing in some PR people. God help you if this actually was written by your PR people. When you’re proud of something, that’s great. Just try some modesty. Because let’s be real, you’re not that hot.

Hail, hail Citrus TV. Their one-minute, one-source packages set them apart as campus trailblazers. Raising yet another generation of mediocre, hack reporters to go out into the world and further terminate a once noble field of journalism.

Here’s to you, Ryan Balton.