The staff at the Otter Realm hopes that the fall break treated readers well this year. They also hope that everyone was able to pick up an issue of our Thanksgiving Day inspired issue over the break.
In anticipation of the upcoming Winter break, and the acknowledgement that many students will be leaving campus at different times the Otter Realm will release two back to back issues. This issue is the first installment of the pair. The next will be out Nov. 13.
Recently, the Otter Realm received notification from Teledramatics Arts and Technology [TAT] student, Stephanie Culhane, brought to the attention of the Otter Realm staff that in the article, “CSU Monterey Bay Film Students Rank 21 in the Apple Insomnia Film Festival,” the reporter, Evan Fitzgerald, had omitted the fact that one of the judges for the competition, Luis Valdez, was the founder of the CSUMB TAT program.
Fitzgerald responded, “After receiving feedback from my article about the Apple Insomnia Film Festival I felt the need to explain it’s purpose. I was trying to chronicle the work of the student groups in the program so that their work is appreciated.” Fitzgerald continued that he felt the inclusion of that information would not add to the story, and since the Otter Realm is a student newspaper “it is only reasonable to report on the students.”
Look for Lindsay Cesmat, Editor-In-Chief of the Otter Realm’s, response to Culhane’s letter for a different perspective. The Ombuds article only reports the responses of the Otter Realm staff and none of the responses highlighted are representative of the Otter Realm as a whole.
Sincerely,
Mary Freeman
Assistant News Editor
Staff Reporter
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