It's about community

A column by John Puterbaugh, a version of which which originally ran in our Northern Star Alumni newsletter, is on the Poynter site today. John wrote about his experiences during the NIU tragedy last February, and what they taught him about community journalism. Key point:

The work you do will only be as good as how much you care about the people you're doing it for. And you'd better be doing it for the people in the community you care about enough to live and/or work in.