Today was such an exciting day because it was our first release of The Break! For those of you who don't know, The Break is a teenage news portal sponsored by one of Lima's most popular news sites, Peru This Week.
At the end of our last school semester, Carsten, the founder and chief editor of Peru this Week offered the fifteen students in the Innovation Academy the opportunity to run The Break, because he beleived that there was no better way to run a magazine targeted to young adults than to have young adults run it themselves. Therefore, as of today, the innovation academy is in charge of writing and managing The Break.
At the end of our last school semester, Carsten, the founder and chief editor of Peru this Week offered the fifteen students in the Innovation Academy the opportunity to run The Break, because he beleived that there was no better way to run a magazine targeted to young adults than to have young adults run it themselves. Therefore, as of today, the innovation academy is in charge of writing and managing The Break.
As we worked on getting all of the articles ready to be released, I realized how much newspapers and magazines depend on the collaboration of their colleagues to succeed. If the writers don't give in their articles, the editors can't edit them, and the magazine cannot be published. As editor, one of the problems I encountered was that some of our writers weren't double checking their work. Therefore, the process of editing was very hard and took a lot more time than it should have.
Because it was the first time submitting our articles, and Alix, the editor of Peru This Week was teaching me how to do it, everything was a bit overwhelming at first. But it was all worth it when the first article had been submitted and it was officially on The Break webpage.
After all of the articles had been submitted, Carston stopped by and surprised us with a cake to congratulate us. We celebrated and all that was left to do was wait until 3:00 for the release of the newsletter!
Because it was the first time submitting our articles, and Alix, the editor of Peru This Week was teaching me how to do it, everything was a bit overwhelming at first. But it was all worth it when the first article had been submitted and it was officially on The Break webpage.
After all of the articles had been submitted, Carston stopped by and surprised us with a cake to congratulate us. We celebrated and all that was left to do was wait until 3:00 for the release of the newsletter!
Although I felt today was very successful, I do think there are things we can improve on as a class. We should listen to each others ideas more and take the initiative to do things rather than depend on Mr. Topf to do so. It should never come down to the point were we are doing nothing, and I think that was a problem today. As Mr. Topf said, if we are done doing something it is as simple as starting something new.
Mr. Topf ended the class by explaining to us that starting anything is hard work, and I think he is right. I may not be an expert at writing or publishing articles yet, but no one is an expert at something when they begin. And as we release weekly articles, we will improve, and we will witness how the gap between being a beginner and being an expert gets smaller.
Mr. Topf ended the class by explaining to us that starting anything is hard work, and I think he is right. I may not be an expert at writing or publishing articles yet, but no one is an expert at something when they begin. And as we release weekly articles, we will improve, and we will witness how the gap between being a beginner and being an expert gets smaller.