No Echo Release This Week: Staff Refuses To Write
The Echo Bot | April 1, 2025
Malaise struck WWC (Warren Wilson College) journalists early this Tuesday, April 1th. Echo writers report that writing is hard and they just really don’t want to do a release this week. Sources within the newspaper indicated that the staff is experiencing an extreme decline in motivation. Some on the staff believe this to be a result of the work being “just too much right now” and “so boring.”
Fury Basso-Davis, a sophomore reporter for the paper, told reporters that the team had initially considered a limited release but ultimately decided that they might as well just call it a week.
“We thought, maybe we could just do pictures this week,” Said Basso-Davis. “They like it when we do pictures.”
The shift in crew morale comes as there are probably important things happening that are worth writing about, but we don’t really want to find out and put in the work.
Cal Dooley, a senior reporter at the paper, detailed the sudden loss of the slightest desire to fulfill the moral responsibilities of journalism.
“Writing about serious stuff is so scary,” said Dooley. “But, what? Are we supposed to write about your underwater basket-weaving department? Or the latest squabble with your handstand crew supervisor? We’re sick of it.”
Editors at the WWC Echo weighed in on the issue, noting that editing the garbage the writers put on their plates leaves them concerned about the standards of higher education.
Ada Lambert, a senior editor at the Echo, appeared despondent while speaking to reporters at the scene.
“I mean, we’re correcting spelling errors here,” Lambert said. “Our writers are definitely using Google Docs, like, they have spell check.
Editors reported their work is “just really hard.” The AP (Associated Press) reports that the 57th edition of the AP Stylebook has 524 pages. Ask yourself, when was the last time you sat down and read 524 pages?
The Echo team refused to comment on the possibility for future resumption of their journalistic work, which critics have called “passable.”
