Ryan Groshong, managing editor for The Santa Clara

Though The Santa Clara was lucky enough to have a highly talented staff, Jeremy’s leadership and dedication are what turned a good college newspaper into a great one.  From writing nationally award-winning stories, to remaining calm in difficult situations, to mentoring younger staff members who were interested in pursuing journalism, Jeremy Herb exemplified what the editor of a college newspaper should be.

One story that particularly stands out is "Santa Clara’s Underground Coke Scene,” winner of the 2007 Associated College Press Story of the Year Award.  After working for seven weeks to no avail, sources and information began to slowly trickle in, giving Jeremy what he needed to pursue the story.  However, what truly differentiates Jeremy is the way that he decided to go about writing it. Rather than paint a picture of helpless addicts and ruthless dealers, Jeremy instead chose to portray what so many journalists seem to be afraid of these days: complexity.  The sources in his story were complex individuals, with complex motivations, experiences and thoughts.  This illustrates what is perhaps Jeremy’s strongest skill as a journalist: His ability to observe and analyze, rather than judge, and tell an objective story.  This skill will serve him well in the future, and the journalism industry will be lucky to have him.

Gordon Young, lecturer and media adviser for the Communication Department at Santa Clara University

One of the biggest challenges young reporters face is coming up with good story ideas. I’ve worked with a lot of talented students who do a fine job once the story is handed to them. Jeremy is a rare example of someone who can come up with great ideas and pursue them with skill and tenacity. He has covered everything from local issues to the politics of the Middle East.

In his second year as editor of The Santa Clara, Jeremy has shown that he can handle a staff of more than 35, manage a $800,000 budget, and oversee an advertising office that funds the paper. He is flexible, a great mentor for younger writers, and handles the stress of all this responsibility amazingly well.

Sophie Asmar, managing editor for The Santa Clara

Jeremy's leadership and foresight were especially apparent last February. A group of students took a Mexican-themed party too far, and came dressed in offensive Latina stereotypes, such as janitors, gang members and young pregnant women. When we got the pictures that had been on Facebook, Jeremy was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to run the photos and whether to identify the individuals in them.

He listened to everyone's opinions and carefully considered every possibility for the week leading up to our publishing day. He never made anyone feel stupid for their ideas and opinions, and ensured everyone knew their points were being considered. Finally, he chose to blur the faces, reasoning that the faces of the people in the pictures were not the only ones exhibiting racial stereotypes at parties. He explained to the staff that by blurring the faces, these individuals would not be made into scapegoats, but instead the university would be forced to face this as a campus-wide issue, which in reality, it was. By blurring the faces, the newspaper kept the campus focused on the issue, which led to new classes, new programs and new administrative task forces all tackling our school's issues with diversity.

Barbara Kelley, senior lecturer for the Department of Communication at Santa Clara University

This year, I am his professor/adviser for his journalism capstone project -- a quarter-long process of reporting and writing an investigative magazine piece on an issue of significance to the greater community. His project: a piece on Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam, a peace community in Israel that he visited over winter break to gather information and to make contacts. Since he returned, he has continued to report the story – finding background, contextualizing what he observed firsthand, delving deeper into underlying issues – and ultimately produced a 3,500-word magazine piece, suitable for publishing. This is the first time any journalism students at Santa Clara have attempted a capstone project of such scope. He was awarded a Hackworth grant from the Markkula ethics center here on campus to help finance his trip. That, too, is unprecedented for a journalism student.

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