{"id":17208,"date":"2021-10-19T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/?post_type=cu-stories&#038;p=17208"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:42:22","slug":"ben-nicholson-smith","status":"publish","type":"cu-stories","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/story\/ben-nicholson-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Nicholson-Smith, MJ &#8217;10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Alumni Memory: Ben Nicholson-Smith, MJ &#8217;10<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Winter Treks &amp; Friendship<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ben-NS-MJ-2010-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some of my most vivid memories of journalism school involve lugging heavy camera equipment across the city all winter, but I guess that wasn&#8217;t the question. My best memories of journalism school all connect back to my classmates. Learning alongside (and from!) them made the experience as rewarding and fun as it was. &#8211; Ben Nicholson-Smith (MJ &#8217;10)<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Alumni Memories are part of Carleton Journalism\u2019s 75th Anniversary.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be featured?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Submit your best j-school memory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/share-your-jschool-memories\/\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14140 alignnone aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-400x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/banner-2.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow us on social media<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSchool_CU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitterimg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/JSchoolCU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facebook-share-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jschool_cu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/instagramimgnew.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">#cujournalism75<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni Memory: Ben Nicholson-Smith, MJ &#8217;10 Winter Treks &amp; Friendship Some of my most vivid memories of journalism school involve lugging heavy camera equipment across the city all winter, but I guess that wasn&#8217;t the question. My best memories of journalism school all connect back to my classmates. 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