- Western Courier
The Western Courier is a collegiate
newspaper that serves more than 14,000 students, faculty, and staff atWestern Illinois University , publishing each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the academic year, excluding holidays and breaks. Summer publication is on Thursdays. The Western Courier is the only officially recognized student newspaper on campus and is distributed free at 80 locations throughout the campus (including residence halls) and throughout theMacomb, Illinois business community.taff
Alisha Cowan -- Editor-in-Chief
Dave "The Hippie" Hodge -- Managing Editor
Ed Komenda -- News Editor and Resident Stud
Robert Amaefule -- Assistant News Editor
Sarah Zeeck -- Opinions Editor
Adam Sacasa -- Photo Editor
Martyn Davis -- Assistant Photo Editor
Ken Woods -- Sports Editor
Jon Oakley-- Assistant Sports Editor
Brent "Buzz" Busby -- Edge Editor
Cody Boland -- Assistant Edge Editor
Jason Giamou -- Advertising Manager
Colee Johnston -- National Sales Director
Will Chatman -- Production Manager
Catherine Kwiatkowski --Assistant Production Manager
Zach Wingerter --Copy Editor
Hank Moreno -- Web Editor
Aaron Weiman -- Business Manager
Rich Moreno -- Adviser
Awards
In 2005, The Western Courier won 16 awards from the
Illinois College Press Association forwriting ,design , andphotography . The Courier won first place awards for in-depth reporting, critical review (music), headline writing, non-sports column, and editorial writing. Other awards included third place awards for critical film review and graphic illustration as well as honorable mentions for special supplement, opinion page design, editorial writing, feature page design, column excluding sports, sports page design, sports news story, general news photo, and feature photo.The Western Courier student-run newspaper was inducted into the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame in May 1999.
References
http://www.westerncourier.com/home/generalinformation/http://www.westerncourier.com/http://www.westerncourier.com/podcasts
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