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The Pioneer
280 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
The Pioneer is Whitman College’s weekly student-run newspaper, serving the college’s student body and Walla Walla community, as well as its network of parents, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters. As a forum for the student body, The Pioneer is dedicated to expanding open discussion on campus of the issues which most concern students. We provide coverage of Whitman-related news as well as featured local and regional events, and strive to maintain the highest standards of fairness, quality, and journalistic integrity while promoting freedom of the press and providing students with important journalistic experience. Most recently, The Pioneer’s Web site won national “Best of Show” honors — placing ahead of much larger schools such as the University of California Berkley and University of Miami — at the annual convention of the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP).
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Pioneer Press Releases:
CoPress Blog – “Testing Twitter on the Whitman campus”
Mar. 19, 2009
Last week, the Whitman Pioneer broke out of its weekly publication mold a bit to cover a story about the administration’s decision to cut varsity sports funding to the Alpine and Nordic ski teams. The same day the announcement was made we had an article written by one of the Editors-in-Chief posted, and started spreading the word around campus for students to visit the site and weigh in. Read more…
Whitman Pioneer named “Best in Show”
Mar. 2, 2009
The Whitman College Pioneer was awarded ‘Best of Show’ Web site for 2009, by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of college journalists, at their 25th annual National College Journalism Convention. The Pioneer also received second place for ‘Best of Show’ Podcast. Read more…
CoPress Blog – “A new design for the Whitman Pioneer”
Feb. 10, 2009
Although the Whitman Pioneer has had a web presence since 2007 when it launched a self-hosted version of WordPress by Daniel Bachhuber and Andrew Witherspoon, we wanted to launch this semester with a redesign from the ground up. The result of this process launched last week with our first print issue of the semester. Read more…
Jerry Roberts to speak on ‘The First Amendment and the News Media Revolution’
Oct. 1, 2008
On Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. journalist Jerry Roberts will be speaking on The First Amendment and the News Media Revolution at Whitman College in Maxey Auditorium. Roberts is a Harvard graduate and an experienced journalist who has produced and presided over award-winning work, including positions as Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and Executive Editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press. Read more…
Read about the Whitman Pioneer elsewhere:
Walla Walla Union Bulletin – “Whitman College student paper wins national award for Web site”
Mar. 2009
The Whitman College student newspaper, The Pioneer, took top honors at a recent college newspaper competition. Read more…
Whitman College Magazine – “Medica gift supports online newspaper and visiting journalists”
Oct. 2008
When they aren’t making the world safer for cats, dogs and horses, and easier for computer users, Megan Salzman Medica ’81 and John Medica devote a good portion of their energy and resources to Whitman’s debate program, and more recently, its student newspaper, the Pioneer. Read more…
Whitman College Press Release – “Noted journalist, ethicist Jerry Roberts to discuss the media and the First Amendment”
Oct. 2008
Roberts, the first speaker in the newly created Whitman Pioneer Medica Visiting Journalist Series, will speak about “The First Amendment and the News Media Revolution” at 7 p.m. in Maxey Auditorium. The lecture is free and is open to the Whitman and Walla Walla communities. Read more…
