Rachelle Hampton

That is a very important element. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The early aughts.

That is a very important element. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The early aughts.

So our friend of a friend, Morgan, is in college during this era at a liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest. It's the sort of school where there is no football team. But on any given night, you could find between five and ten shady little bands doing Mumford and Sons cosplay in the basement of a coffee shop. Luckily for our girl Morgan, she loves Mumford & Sons. She loves ModCloth.

So our friend of a friend, Morgan, is in college during this era at a liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest. It's the sort of school where there is no football team. But on any given night, you could find between five and ten shady little bands doing Mumford and Sons cosplay in the basement of a coffee shop. Luckily for our girl Morgan, she loves Mumford & Sons. She loves ModCloth.

She loves wearing huge headbands over her hair. She's the kind of girl who might start an aesthetic Tumblr dedicated to the color blue that low-key becomes a little famous in the aesthetic Tumblr blog community.

She loves wearing huge headbands over her hair. She's the kind of girl who might start an aesthetic Tumblr dedicated to the color blue that low-key becomes a little famous in the aesthetic Tumblr blog community.

It is.

It is.

Yeah. Our story begins at the end of Morgan's sophomore year of college. And our girl is ready for summer. She has a sweet internship lined up for a digital publication that would collapse 10 years later.

Yeah. Our story begins at the end of Morgan's sophomore year of college. And our girl is ready for summer. She has a sweet internship lined up for a digital publication that would collapse 10 years later.

So many choices.

So many choices.

But we're not there yet. We're in the late aughts when people felt lucky to get an unpaid internship at mike.com and dreamed of working for BuzzFeed. No one had ever heard the words pivot to video. So Morgan's coasting high.

But we're not there yet. We're in the late aughts when people felt lucky to get an unpaid internship at mike.com and dreamed of working for BuzzFeed. No one had ever heard the words pivot to video. So Morgan's coasting high.

She's done with her finals, and in a few hours, she'll be putting the finishing touches on this year's final edition of the student newspaper, where she has just been named the incoming deputy editor. We are both graduates of journalism school, which means I'm sure we both have strong opinions on student publications. Please hold forth. What was the publishing ecosystem of your college like?

She's done with her finals, and in a few hours, she'll be putting the finishing touches on this year's final edition of the student newspaper, where she has just been named the incoming deputy editor. We are both graduates of journalism school, which means I'm sure we both have strong opinions on student publications. Please hold forth. What was the publishing ecosystem of your college like?

You can't see me, but I'm pumping this right now.

You can't see me, but I'm pumping this right now.

This is very similar to the kind of school that Morgan is at. They have just the biggest media scene you could possibly have. Just in print, there's the campus magazine. There's two dueling arts and culture magazines. There's a fashion magazine, which is, of course, separate from the women's magazine. There's a local student radio station.

This is very similar to the kind of school that Morgan is at. They have just the biggest media scene you could possibly have. Just in print, there's the campus magazine. There's two dueling arts and culture magazines. There's a fashion magazine, which is, of course, separate from the women's magazine. There's a local student radio station.