{"id":9959,"date":"2013-10-17T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=9959"},"modified":"2013-10-25T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:14:41","slug":"alumnus-and-editor-of-the-los-angeles-times-speaks-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/alumnus-and-editor-of-the-los-angeles-times-speaks-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus and editor of the Los Angeles Times speaks on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond bearing the responsibility of writing an ethical story, journalists must \u201cmake our readers care,\u201d said Davan Maharaj, editor of the <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i> and UTC alumnus.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9913\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/utc-tv-studio-open-house-features-special-guest\/maharajdavan-latimes_03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1331827923&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MaharajDavan-LATimes_03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Davan Maharaj&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9913\" alt=\"Davan Maharaj\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/10\/MaharajDavan-LATimes_03-266x400.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davan Maharaj<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe help readers emotionally connect with the lives of others,\u201d Maharaj told a group of students, his former professors, and community leaders.\u00a0 Maharaj was on campus to celebrate the opening of the new UTC TV Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Maharaj, the former managing editor of the UTC University <i>Echo, <\/i>was the special guest at an open house for the University\u2019s newly renovated TV Studio.\u00a0 Maharaj \u00a0won the 2005 Ernie Plyle Award for Human Interest Writing with the six part series \u201cLiving on Pennies.\u201d\u00a0 His work has provided the inspiration for readers \u201cto donate tens of thousands of dollars to aid agencies working in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 25 years since he left the University and began to work for the <i>Los Angeles Times<\/i>. Maharaj is amazed by how much the world has changed, and he said he is humbled by the position he finds himself in today.<\/p>\n<p>He wants to continue to inspire readers who are rendered numb by a 24-hour news cycle and \u201canesthetized by the latest tragedy.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 He wants them to spill their morning coffee when they read a story or throw the newspaper across the room in anger.\u00a0 \u201cI want readers to think of us as indispensable,\u201d Maharaj explained.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the turbulent times swirling around newspapers in the US, he admits there are times when he wonders, \u201cWhat have I got myself into?\u201d\u00a0 The challenge, he said, is to scale back but try not to compromise.<\/p>\n<p>He remains optimistic, saying newspapers have opportunities to package stories differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStorytelling is no longer stories and pictures.\u00a0 The medium has a chance to come alive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Maharaj acknowledged Dr. Kit Rushing, who taught him Law and Ethics at UTC.\u00a0 \u201cHe has kept me out of a lot of trouble,\u201d he said with a smile.\u00a0 He encouraged the crowd to Google \u201cRate My Professor\u201d and look up Dr. Jim Ward.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ll get a good laugh.\u00a0 Dr. Ward taught me a great deal about effective writing,\u201d Maharaj said.<\/p>\n<p>Of everything that happened during his academic career at UTC, Maharaj could not remember \u201ca single bad thing,\u201d although he did remember stressing over not being prepared for a test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike any good UTC student, I prayed for snow.\u00a0 It was April\u2014a long shot.\u201d\u00a0 When he awoke and heard the news reports it had, indeed, snowed, he remembers thinking \u201cthank God!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond bearing the responsibility of writing an ethical story, journalists must \u201cmake our readers care,\u201d said Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times and UTC alumnus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/alumnus-and-editor-of-the-los-angeles-times-speaks-on-campus\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":9913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,123864,61],"tags":[7385,8259],"class_list":{"0":"post-9959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-advancement-and-alumni","9":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","10":"tag-communication-department","11":"tag-department-of-communication","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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