Content Published

Website

During the year, each reporter is expected to write two stories for each category shown below, with some exceptions surrounding videos, podcasts, and photo galleries. This quarter, the majority of stories published were features, which totaled 14 of the 50 stories written overall, and photo galleries the least, totaling two of the 50. In the “Average Interviews Per Story” graph, opinion, podcasts, and photo galleries were not taken into account, as they contained no interviews to record in the data below.

For the “Average Photos Per Story” graph, podcasts and videos were not counted, as their content contained no still images. In the “Average Hyperlinks Per Story” graph, photo galleries, videos, podcasts, and sports stories were excluded, as no hyperlinks were included.

Print

Each quarter, our publication publishes a physical magazine issue in addition to our online site. While all reporters write for our website, the print magazine is limited to Journalism 2 students and above. In addition, stories within the magazine often cap at 600 words, however, there are exceptions for articles with permission to branch across multiple spreads.

This issue’s theme was “The Way Forward,” with stories touching on topics like community events, students reflections, and education/career choices. Since the magazine has specific sections, the coverage between news, feature, sports, and opinion articles are relatively even, as shown in the graph below. However, since only one opinion story was published in this quarters issue, they will not be taken into account for the graphs below.

Interviewees

To better understand how accurately our publication represents the community, a survey was released to the 89 individuals who were interviewed this quarter. Through the survey, participants were able to share information about themselves (as shown in the graphs below), while also giving their thoughts on the professionalism of our reporters. Out of the 89 people interviewed, 39 of which filled out the survey, with their responses contributing to the data below.

Current Cougar Chronicle Staff

Within the journalism class, reporters are separated based on their level, starting with Journalism 1 and ending with honors. While usually years on staff will reflect a staffer’s advancement in the course, under special circumstances can they skip a level. All reporters contribute to our online site, however, only Journalism 2 students and above write for our print magazine.