I walked in to The Daily Free Press on my first night of college with a copy of Adobe InDesign, no idea how to write a news story and little notion of what to expect from the Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.
When my friend profiled me for her class, she asked me, “What do you want to do in the future?” I had answered that I wanted to be the editor-in-chief of The Daily Free Press.
The end of the semester is always bittersweet, but I imagine for me, this one will be so more than most. Ending my time here means a lot will change for me. It’s a weight that I’m relieved to have lifted from my shoulders, it’s an adventure that I’m sad to leave behind me, and it’s the job of a lifetime that I am so excited to pass on to the new editors who are beyond ready to take it all on.
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