Loyola Phoenix · Apr 13, 2022
Column: Student Journalists are Beat Writers too
Sports editor Lu Calzada and assistant sports editor Amelia Ickes, the sports section’s two graduating seniors, hug following Loyola’s MVC Championship win March 6.Share this...
I was scrolling through Twitter on Monday when I saw a tweet talking about how there are no beat writers covering Loyola basketball. I couldn’t help but wonder — what does that make me, Lu and Fernando?
The Loyola men’s basketball team played in 33 games this season and our small but mighty group took on all of them. We covered every game, home and away, dealt with seemingly constant breaking news and wrote long form stories like features and data analysis.