Hi! My name is Tauhid Chap­pell and I’m a stu­dent at Vir­ginia Tech. I work for Planet Blacks­burg, which is a stu­dent run, web-only, news­pa­per that “rivals” (if you can even call it that) the col­lege news­pa­per on campus.

A lot needs to be done this upcom­ing semes­ter for my orga­ni­za­tion. We’re extremely under­staffed right now but I hope that a heavy recruit­ment phase dur­ing the first cou­ple of weeks will bring in some fresh tal­ent who are eager in con­tribut­ing to our site while build­ing their elec­tronic portfolio’s.

As this fall semes­ter creeps closer, how is your news­pa­per (or online-only news­pa­per) prepar­ing for the new school year? What roles need to be filled? How are you plan­ning to recruit new writ­ers, edi­tors etc.? What are some obsta­cles, both new and old, that your orga­ni­za­tion faces? Will there be any changes that occur come fall?

Hope every­one is excited to return to their respec­tive college!