The Current’s New Editor-in-Chief: Dakota Farnsworth

By: Lamar Toppin
Staff Writer

As the quarter comes to an end, it is time for a new editor-in-chief to step up and take charge for next year’s paper.

Dakota Farnsworth is a student from Tahoma High School and is planning to graduate next Spring. Farnsworth was the former opinion editor for The Current. Now, they have decided to take the next step forward and take on the role as editor-in-chief for the newspaper.

Farnsworth has some experience in the journalism field alongside being the former opinion editor.

They have already started their job by shadowing the former editor-in-chief, allowing them to internalize the responsibilities that will be given to them.

Farnsworth has mentioned that since they are still a student, they have decided to take on the roles as both editor-in-chief and a full-time student. In addition, they understand the accountability for being able to handle both.

Farnsworth has taken three quarters of the News Lab courses, offered to them at Green River College, as well as the classes Intercultural Communications and Intro to Mass Media.

By taking these classes, they hope the skills they have retained. Their work as a yearbook editor in high school will make them a well-equipped and suitable editor-in-chief for the college.

When asked about The Current’s role and duty at the college as a newspaper, Farnsworth stated that, “We should be a truthful organization with a respectable reputation at Green River College.”

Farnsworth will officially be put into office in the fall but has already proven themselves to be a solid and accountable editor-in-chief.