Top O' the World
Top O’ the World is entirely written and produced by Western students with funding from student fees and student-generated advertising.
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"The education I received at Western gave me the experience I needed to walk into a newsroom a week after graduation and hit the ground running."
Brandon Johansson, Reporter, Aurora Sentinel and Daily Sun, Aurora, Colorado
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Top O’ the World , a weekly student-run newspaper is funded by the Student Government Association and independent advertising. Published each Wednesday, it is the independent student voice for Western and the Gunnison community. With a staff of editors, writers, layout personnel, photographers, and advertisement managers, the paper offers students both a strong voice in their campus community lives and a training-ground for future journalistic activities. As the student voice of Western State College of Colorado since 1921,Top O’the World is entirely written and produced by Western students with funding from student fees and advertising. Also, journalism credit is available for working on the paper, regardless of your major. In other words, you do not have to be a journalism major, or even a communications major to join the staff. All you have to do is apply for the staff through the editor or sign up for JOUR 245 Newspaper Production through the adviser, Chris Dickey. Visit the Top O' the World website at www.topotheworld.net. The staff offices are located in Ute Hall, Room 4 for the 2010-11 academic year. The Editor-in-Chief for 2010-11 is Gabe Hogan. |
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"Western's 'hands-on' approach in the field of journalism instruction was invaluable to me having no particular aspirations to enter this field during college. If it weren't for the ability to get heavily involved in the Top O' the World and KWSB very easily and early on, I probably never would have gravitated into this field that seems to have become my life's work."
Chris Dickey, Co-owner/Managing Editor, Gunnison Country Times, Gunnison, Colorado
