Sunday, September 7, 2008
Tribune's editorial board
I was reading a Chicago Tribune editorial from a little while back in which the editorial board argues for keeping the drinking age at 21. Next to the article you can see the pictures of the members of the editorial board. It is diverse in its composition when it comes to race and gender, but not when it comes to age. I doubt that any one of those board members is under 40, from the look of it. (Then again, journalism makes people age faster they say....) If newspapers have a hard time reaching the younger audiences, shouldn't they have some younger people on their editorial boards? Without taking a position on the issue of the drinking age limit (full disclosure: I come from a country where you can drink at 16), wouldn't it be desirable if on issues such as these, someone who is in his twenties or thirties could weigh in? Someone who has been on a college campus in the last 10-15 years might add some valuable perspective to this and other issues relating to the younger generation. Just a thought....
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It's a given that young people are willing to speak out on controversial issues because they are passionate about them. but how often does one see middle-aged men & women debating peacefully?
Maybe it's not all bad that the editorial board hasn't been on a college campus in over a decade - Amethyst Initiative was begun by the college presidents who are probably around the same age as the Board. While they work on behalf of the university, how many of them interact with the students outside of assemblies? I think it's interesting to read an opposing viewpoint to the Initiative from people who are around the same age.
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