Dear President Trump

Dear President Trump,

I watched coverage of your August 22 rally in Arizona on Fox News, and I'm reminded of what you promised the American people during the campaign: hope.

I truly believe Americans are more hopeful now than they were a year ago.

Today, I want to bring your attention to the communications area. The 2016 Presidential Election has showed Americans have to be able to think critically for themselves when it comes to receiving the news.

This is an important topic now more than ever because Millennials should know that not all news is fake news. They should also be able to use social media to find credible news articles as well as to stay in contact with friends and family.

When I attended Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, I majored in Journalism and Mass Communications for my undergraduate degree. In my news writing classes, and this might surprise you, the professors actually taught students to be fair and balanced in their writing. They told us never to use "anonymous sources" in our stories because that only ruins our credibility as journalists.

If you go onto campus and meet the students, faculty, and staff at Benedictine College, you'll find that it is a small private Catholic college that cares about living the faith and treating others fairly. The students there, as well as its alumni, get along with each other because we're part of the community on campus and in Atchison.

We are part of the Benedictine College community. Most of us share the same beliefs and strive to do our best in whatever path we choose to take. As the old saying "Once a Marine, always a Marine" goes, so, too, does the phrase every Benedictine College Raven knows: "Once a Raven, always a Raven."

So, Mr. President, I challenge you to visit Benedictine College and meet the student journalists who make up The BC Circuit staff, along with their fellow classmates. They are the ones who will be the next journalists and communicators of "true" news—people who will get all the facts they can. They are the hope for journalism and news broadcasting in America.