No one ever got rich working at a newspaper, people did it because that was their passion, said Jess Walter during his speech Thursday evening in CADD 21.
"People used to turn on the news, gather the information, and then make up their mind. Now people make up their mind and then go searching for information to support that," Walter said.
In addition to reading from his newest novel, The Financial Lives of the Poets, Walter discussed the decline of the newspaper. A nearly 80 person audience, of mostly creative writing and journalism students, filled the auditorium to listen to the award winning novelist and former journalist discuss his struggles in the industry they are about to embark in. He encouraged students to pursue what they're passionate about regardless of the negativity that may surround it.
"It's very interesting and actually kind of sad when you think about the inevitable death of newspaper's," Senior Communication Major Maggie J. Vincent said.
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