The Corsair is the print and onlinestudent newspaper of Pensacola State College.[1][2] The paper is circulated across campuses of Pensacola State College and is published monthly during the primary school year and once during the summer term.[3] The paper primarily focuses on special events or occurrences involving its constituent college,[4] in addition to student profiles, arts reports, editorials,[5][6] and Pensacola State College sports reports. Interviews, while mainly focusing on students and faculty of the college, have also included local celebrities and politicians, including Congressional candidates.[7]
History and operations
The paper has been was first published February 2, 1949; its first issue was titled, You Name It, then changing the name of its second issue to the Beachcomber.[8][9][10] This name continued to be used until the 1960s, when it was renamed The Corsair.[1][10][11]
The paper temporarily went exclusively online during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time it had done so. The paper returned to its hybrid online/in-print format at the beginning of the Spring 2021 semester.[3]
The paper is written completely by students of the college, directed by a faculty advisor and assisted by a layout editor.[2] As of the February 2022 issue, The Corsair has 5 staff writers, along with Layout Editor Sebastian Gordon and Copy Editor Crystal Duc.[3] As of June 2021, the paper is currently managed by Editor-in-Chief Enrique Viveros and guided by faculty advisor Brian Underwood. The periodical is commonly staffed by members of the college's journalism program, as a portion of their overall academic plan.
Previous administrations of the paper had received attention in regards to the defense of free speech and a free press. In one incident, this was due to the paper reporting on a schism between certain faculty and the then college president, despite certain warnings from faculty at the time.[12] In another, the paper's reporting on alleged censorship and aggression against student publications by the college administration brought controversy.[13]The Corsair made news nationally through the Associated Press in 1991 when, as part of an editorial on the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies, the paper gave out birth control devices in their individual issues.[14]
In addition, The Corsair has had photographs included in The New York Times,[15] has had writings and editorials quoted or cited by published books,[16][17] and has had former writers and editors write for nationwide papers, such as USA Today.[6]
The paper and its staff have won several local, statewide, and national awards for excellence in journalism and design.[23][24][25][26] This includes multiple national awards regarding "excellence and outstanding achievement"[24] in the operations of the paper's website, eCorsair.[23][24]The Corsair consistently rates among the top student newspapers among Florida colleges by number of awards earned through the Florida College Activities Association.[18][19] Through this and other organizations, The Corsair has earned 14 and 13 awards in 2018 and 2017 respectively, as well as several more in previous years.[18][19][27]
References
^ abManning, Matthew (1989). The Standard Periodical Directory (12th ed.). New York, N.Y.: Oxbridge Communications. p. 426. ISBN0917460227. OCLC19109138.
^Ehr, Phil (October 8, 2021), "Today, I had the pleasure..."(Facebook Post), Pensacola, Florida: Ehr for Congress, retrieved February 21, 2022, Today, I had the pleasure of talking issues and policy with students from the eCorsair podcast at Pensacola State College! Our nation's future leaders continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for this movement.
^Hardy, Frank (2 February 1949). "College Now Has 700 Volumes & Donations to Buy New Books". You Name It.
^Wilson, Julian (17 February 1949). "Looking Ahead". Beachcomber.
^Bobbitt, Randy (15 December 2016). Free Speech on America's K-12 and College Campuses : Legal Cases from Barnette to Blaine. Lanham, Maryland. p. 91. ISBN9780739186473. OCLC962141052.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Goldstein, Robert Justin (2016). Little "Red Scares" : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946. London. pp. 1st Citation Page. ISBN9781317104148. OCLC1045226797.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"It's a given that Florida's Pensacola Junior College journalism student Danica Spears, 19, will never forget where she was July 10, 2008". Community College Week: 15. August 11, 2008 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
^ ab2007 National Online Pacemaker Award. eCorsair ( The Corsair online) (Award Plaque). Washington D.C.: Associate Collegiate Press. 27 October 2007.
^ abc2010 Online National Pacemaker Award. eCorsair (The Corsair online) (Award Plaque). Louisville, Kentucky: Associated Collegiate Press. 30 October 2010. In recognition of general excellence and outstanding achievement by a college online publication in a national competition.
