OPINION

Editorial: Welcome back from the Voice

The Voice’s 2023-24 scholarship and contributing team attending the Michigan Community College Press Association Conference at Central Michigan University last April. Voice archive photo

Editorial Staff

The Washtenaw Voice

At the end of December, an editorial explained the paper’s absence and why publications stopped. With the hiring of our new adviser, publications resumed, and the Voice had a great winter semester.

So, on behalf of the Washtenaw Voice this semester, welcome back! This is our first complete fall publication since 2022, and we’re excited to develop student voices with respect and dedication.

As an independent student publication, the Voice prides itself on providing accurate, newsworthy content to the campus community. We are a team of students for students, and it’s our job to give the voice to you, the reader.

We’re a team that consists of editors, staff writers, photographers, graphic designers, and even a business manager. SC-109 is always open to anyone who wanders in with ideas, news tips, or curiosity about us or journalism in general.

We are protected under the First Amendment, meaning we have the right to a free press and, like professional journalists, to seek and report the truth.

As student journalists, we follow a Code of Ethics: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable and transparent. We firmly uphold this policy and do our diligence to protect it.

At the Voice, we hold ourselves accountable and want to be held accountable for the stories we publish. Suppose something seems off about an article, and questions arise. In that case, editor emails are always open to anyone who wants to voice their concerns or have questions about said stories, policy and more.

For this semester, we want to be the megaphone students speak through. There’s something special about WCC and its community of faculty, students and administrators. We are such a diverse campus, and here at the Voice, we want to unite this community into something bigger than itself.

We’re always looking for news tips, contributors, and feedback to ensure we’re the best we can be.

We have weekly Monday meetings at 5 p.m. in SC-109 for anyone interested. Editors/other team members: (734) 677-5125 or thewashtenawvoice@gmail.com. Voice adviser, Lilly Kujawski: 734-677-5405 or lgkujawski@wccnet.edu. For advertising, please call 734-677-5405 or email wcc.voice.advertising@gmail.com.