Stan Johnston is a digital content expert who has worked for companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and McClatchy. Previously, he was an award-winning newspaper writer, editor and manager. He was editor-in-chief of The Index from 1970-71. […]
“Yes, The Index is an important Truman tradition, but why is it less valid if published online?” asks senior Kathryn Hodge. […]
“We should encourage all students to calm down,” writes copy editor Bethany Spitzmiller. […]
“Although the wind farms don’t produce enough energy to pay for themselves, they provide an enormous tax credit, funded by the tax payer, to profit the corporations,” writes Deborah Games to The Index. […]
“There was just something about grabbing a paper and relaxing with it in the dorms or at the run-down house that I inhabited with friends,” writes alumna Robyn Haug. “These are quintessential memories of college in Kirksville.” […]
“It has recently come to my attention that the print of the Index may soon be in jeopardy due to budget cuts,” writes senior Aaron Laughlin. “As a strong proponent of printed news, I ask that any other course of action be considered.” […]
“Print and media publications from the Truman Media Network not only help keep me informed, but they also help me to see all of the wonderful things that Truman students are doing across campus,” writes junior Emily Priesendorf. […]
“Where other news is limited to a two or three minute soundbite (if you’re lucky), Newspaper reporters have the time and space to go into more detail, covering points of a news story that otherwise would end up on the cutting room floor,” writes Michael Bushnell, publisher of Northeast News. […]
“Our member teachers work tirelessly day after day preparing their students as journalists across all media, but we find the media that students hold in their hands like newspapers or newsmagazines are by far the most read and most effective in reaching the student body,” writes the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association Board of Directors. […]
“Over the course of my few years here at Truman” writes junior Tyler Hanson, “I’ve come to realize that you may well be one of the most important traditions that our university has, benefitting both the campus community and the surrounding Kirksville community as well.” […]
We, The Index Editorial Board, encourage students to seek out educational opportunities like precepting classes. These positions offer students a variety of opportunities that traditional classes cannot. […]
“President Donald Trump administration’s false narratives based on ethnocentric lies are about to have very real consequences,” writes Rachel Fechter, features text editor for The Index. […]
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