For me, who usually kept away from newspapers, the Dongguk Post was awkward at first in the fact that it made paper newspapers. However, I began to wonder if it was because of the specialty of paper newspapers in a world that changed into media, and the stories surrounding our school and newspapers that I had not been interested in.
The first English newspaper I opened was composed of neat and concise information. I liked the planning articles with sections and the composition that filled with our own topics. The first to third pages were articles about school news, and the contents of university newspapers were seen and shaped. In addition, it dealt with various topics such as society, culture, and interviews, and had a variety of newspapers.
However, the reality was that they were stuck in a wall called “English.” Even if Korean newspapers are checked for the purpose of information delivery, the accessibility of English newspapers is decreasing a lot. That is why “differentiation” is essential for English newspapers to survive. We should take advantage of the characteristics of Dongguk University’s only English newspaper that we can do. Therefore, we continue to look for ways to survive in the age of disappearing English newspapers.
As a start, we would like to start collaborating with the DUBS. The use of media to develop paper newspapers may come as contradictory, but I think it is inevitable currently. We would like to combine what we can do and what broadcasters can do and do what only “Dongguk University” can do. Through good content and differentiation, we will make more efforts to become the Dongguk Post those readers look for.