But my very first journalistic assignment — my first foray into the newsroom — was with Critic Te Ārohi, the University of Otago’s student newspaper. Student journalism is fundamental to the health of any university community. Its quality, influence and impact will gradually wane until it falls into irrelevancy.’’You see, this is how student journalism wastes away — death by a thousand careful, ‘‘justifiable’’ cuts. Student journalism matters. Critic Te Ārohi has survived protests, scandals and generations of student editors.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2026 17:23 UTC