Nexus Newspaper

In a day and age when the world of print media is changing, the newspaper, the Nexus at Camosun College continues to carve a name for itself.  Established in 1990, Nexus Newspaper became incorporated as the Nexus Publishing Society in 1999, which gives the newspaper autonomy to provide a voice for issues concerning students.  Issues are published bi-monthly in print and online.

“Student media is not always taken seriously,” says Greg Pratt, managing editor of The Nexus. “But we put our writers through the ringer like any other media.”

The Nexus itself is unique in that it has a Student Editor and a Managing Editor, which gives the paper a student voice guiding the publication as well as a giving the paper a voice that is in power for more than a finite amount of time, respectively.

Pratt says he sees the Nexus as “a watchdog for the students, keeping track of the college and student society.”

 The stories covered in The Nexus range from Gender Neutral bathrooms, the issues students face in terms of transit, to holding the college and student societies accountable for their budget decisions relating to student fees.  Pratt says there aren’t any issues they won’t touch, but they do have a policy not to create controversy where there isn’t any.

The Nexus receives funding from student fees, which, according to it’s website is ‘just over $85,000’ with additional funding secured through ad revenues and fundraising.

Overall, Pratt says the goal of the Nexus is to provide the students with stories that will have a tangible impact, and to keep the Camosun community informed.