The chronicle behind the scenes – the Hofstra chronicle

After it was in the copation team for two and a half years, it is difficult to let go.

When I came to Hofstra University, my intended main subject was English with a concentration on publication studies and literature. I wanted (and I am still) to work as a publisher for a publisher. I have never thought of joining the school newspaper – in the high school or in Hofstra. My major stayed the same four years later, but a minor in journalism was added.

I was a fiction author and reader through and through, too shy and quiet for the world of journalism. My main goal was the Hofstra English Society, the English club on campus, which released two student literary magazines. I knew we had a campus newspaper because the English society shared an office space with them. Rather, the file cabinet used by us was in the closet of the Hofstra Chronicle Office.

Nell Stultz, a friend from another organization and former copy manager, accused me of the chronicle at least five times before I officially joined as a staff copyeditor.

I knew the first about the processing of newspapers when I joined and I probably didn’t use the Chronicle Copy Guide as often as I should as a personnel editor. Fortunately, Nell taught me tricks from the AP style and convinced me to apply for the chief position of the assistant in the spring of my second year.

Madeline Sisk and I became an assistant in April 2023.

Now I’m a senior and Madeline will be the editor -in -chief. Meredith Tarsi and Gianna Costanzo were both promoted to copied boss. The fight to find two assistants for them was hard, but I think they can hold the copy section.

Nell, without you, I don’t think I would have joined the chronicle when I did it and I would not have been part of this amazing newspaper – even if it only lasted two and a half years. They were amazingly helpful when I learned the AP style. One of my favorite memories of all time was in the copy team when Nell and I were the tournament of the men’s coastal sports tournament in 2024. We got a quarter -finals for the game, and Nell and I edited it on the bus. We brought it back to the sports department so quickly that it was ridiculous.

Many thanks to Julia Razzante, Antonia Moffa and Annabel Hofmann that they greeted me with open arms in the copy. I didn’t know you or as long as I knew it, but you had my first two layouts a great and fun experience.

Alexis Friedman, Anna Degeode and Julian Rocha, thank you for being incredible in my first and second years in my first and second years. I looked up at you and you have had this experience so much fun. Makenzie Hurt and Frankie Dicalogero, I loved working among you last year, and the chronicle would not have been the same without you.

Meredith and Gianna, I know that their next year will be amazing, and hopefully they locked up so that the new assistants can leave before midnight. Madeline, we have known each other for three years and it was so much fun to work with them. I apologize when I have ever had stress for you, but I know that you will lead you to be editor -in -chief next year.

With less than two weeks before the end, I can say that the Hofstra chronicle was one of my favorite places on the campus, and I will miss it all by heart.