Paige Barnes
Broadcast Journalism, Communication
Your Guide for the Return to the Student Center
About the Project
In a few years, viewers will look back at this and think, "Wow. So that's how the world was during the COVID-19 pandemic." This video was released on Sept. 23, 2020, right when the U.S. was coming out from its second wave. Life was slowly emerging, and things were reopening. Senior Video Editor Ignacio Calderon, Photojournalist Evan Fintzy, and I made this video for the Columbia community to know what to expect when they returned to the Student Center.
Never in a million years did we think we'd make a video on this topic. This video serves not only as a guide for you, but also to reflect on a time that has impacted millions. Please continue to wear a mask, wash your hands, and maintain physical distance. You can see the first reopening campus video, "Reopening Columbia: Keeping Columbia Safe" on the Columbia Chronicle's YouTube channel.
About Paige Barnes
Paige Barnes is a broadcast journalism major with a minor in public relations. During her time at Columbia, she has worked at the Columbia Chronicle, WCRX-FM, and Frequency TV. As a multimedia reporter, Barnes knows how to produce news and feature articles, broadcast TV, and broadcast radio packages. She has worked on various multimedia projects such as the "Media Hub Minute," a weekly IGTV series where she gives you a rundown of the top stories of the week, and "Chronicle Headlines," a weekly podcast on WCRX-FM 88.1 where she interviews reporters about their stories.
Barnes aspires to be a TV news anchor, eventually being a co-anchor on ABC's "Good Morning America" and a radio anchor on "NPR News Now."
Find her Instagram, Twitter, Muckrack, and Chronicle Portfolio.
“Paige is a walking advertisement for Columbia and for the broadcast journalism program in particular. Seeing her graduate in the spring will be bittersweet. Her broadcast skills have come to fruition this semester with the Media Hub Minute—a wrap-up of news published in the Columbia Chronicle. The program is on our social media channels as well as on the Chronicle website.
Paige has also demonstrated her leadership skills as the Chronicle's audience engagement editor. She's a great example of a student using her broadcast skills across a wide range of platforms.”
-Curtis Lawrence, Associate Professor & Faculty Adviser to The Columbia Chronicle, Communication