Conner Nuckols
The Communicator

After high school if you would of told me that one day I would be the Editor-in-Chief of The Communicator at SFCC, I probably would of laughed in your face.
I got into news production because some of my friends wanted me to take it, and I’m glad I listened to them because I fell in love with journalism after my first quarter on staff.
Some of my favorite memories of college happened in the newsroom. Most of them, if not all of them, are super nerdy so I will spare you the details.
But in all seriousness being apart of the paper helped me make friends at school. While I made some through being in the jazz band I was still having trouble. I moved to Spokane from a small town on the westside and their it was always easy for me to make friends because for the most part I already knew everyone one.
The Communicator created the sense of community that I love. While there was some drama for the most part we all got along and we all worked together and relied on each other to put the paper out.
I learned a lot about computer and other computer software programs which was a huge benefit to me because before this class all I knew how to do on a computer was how to get on the internet and make a powerpoint.
Indesign is childsplay to me know. Photoshop and I still got some kinks to work out but for the most part I got it.
If left any mark in the journalism department at SFCC then it would definitely be SquatchCenter. SquatchCenter was a sports podcast my friend Matt Moffait created and during my first quarter on staff he invited me to be his co host.
Once Moffait left I took over and gave the show a new feel by adding new segments and making the show more like a sports talk show instead of a sports announcements real. I took the show to a new level and was rewarded with a nomination for a Pinnacle award for best Sportscast.
Competing with UCLA and Wisconsin University, SquatchCenter was in the top three for best Sportscasts in the country. I didn’t win but I wasn’t disappointed because there was no two year division for best sportscast. So here’s how I look at it, I was competing with every college and university in the country and beat out every two year college in the country and all but two universities in the country. Thats a victory to me.
I was always nervous when my time would come for me to leave but after this quarter I know the paper is in great hands. My Managing Editor Christian Koch has great ideas to improve the paper and make it how he says “sexy!”
I can’t wait to read The Communicator next quarter. Thanks to everyone one I have ever had the privilege to work with. You all made working the paper a trip and a half and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.