I spent half a day Sunday helping out with Will Write For Food 2011, a program that hands over the country’s second-largest homeless newspaper to a group of college journalists.

The students were smart, driven, funny and dedicated. They cranked out some amazing work, which you should check out at spjwillwriteforfood.wordpress.com.

Every time I start losing my grip on why this journalism stuff matters, I’m thrown into a situation that rekindles my passion. WWFF11 was the latest catalyst. I am incredibly grateful to have worked with so many talented young journalists, and I know that they’re going to light this business up when they get the reins.