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=== Advisers ===
 
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The current advisers are [[David Amor]] and [[Marilyn Webb]]
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The current adviser is [[Tom Martin]], editor of [[The Register-Mail]].
  
 
== Flunk Day Issue 2007 ==
 
== Flunk Day Issue 2007 ==

Revision as of 01:23, 14 November 2009

The Knox Student is the student newspaper of Knox College, founded in 1878.

Online edition

The online edition of TKS launched officially February 28, 2008.

The Knox Student online

The site is being designed from scratch by online editor Matt Baker using entirely open source software. Features will be added regularly.

The publishing cycle of TKS is going to change to a more constant effort. Instead of weekly updates, stories will go online when they are finished, then printed in the weekly print issue.

Print edition

The Knox Student publishes a weekly print edition every Thursday afternoon while school is in session, as well as a freshman orientation issue at the beginning of the year and a senior issue that takes the place of The Gale - which at one point, was the college's yearbook.

Every student, staff, faculty, and trustee receive a free copy of the newspaper. Parents, Alumni, and other interested persons may subscribe to The Knox Student by contacting the Business Manager. The price is $60 per year.

The newspaper accepts national and local advertisements. Local ads are placed with the Business Manager. Knox College affiliates automatically receive a discounted rate.

The reporting is sometimes inaccurate, as with any newspaper. Many copies of TKS travel straight from students' mailboxes into the recycling bin.

The Knox Student receives funding from the Broadcast, Internet and Publications Board. The budget for 2006-2007 is approximately $14,000. The cost per paper is approximately $0.25 (assuming 2,000 copies are produced).

Editorial Board 2008-2009

<properties> Editor-In-Chief=Deana Rutherford Managing Editor=Amy LaBudde News Editors=Klayr Valentine-Fossum and David Nolan Mosaic Editor=Laura Miller and Annie Zak Discourse Editor=Rachel Perez Sports Editors=Matt Wheaton and Colin Davis Photo Editors=Liz Thomas and Evan Temchin Online Editor=Matt Baker Business Manager=Alex Kemmsies </properties>

Editorial Board 2007-2008

<properties> Editor-In-Chief=Tom Fucoloro Managing Editor=Tanya Ferguson News Editor=Erin Coleman Mosaic Editors=Deana Rutherford and Erin Warford (fall only) Discourse Editor=Mark Munoz Sports Editors=Ryan Cash and LaVar Merrell (fall only) Photo Editors=John Baillie and Evan Temchin Online Editor=Matt Baker Business Manager=Alex Kemmsies General Editors=Laura Miller, Amy LaBudde </properties>

Editorial Board 2006-2007

<properties> Editor-In-Chief=Bill Mayeroff Managing Editor=Tom Fucoloro News Editor=Jon Cahow Local Editor=Tanya Ferguson Mosaic Editor=Erin Warford Discourse Editor=Caroline Claiborn Sports Editor=Jesse Temple Photo Editor=Andy Fitz Business Manager=Eric Langston Copy Editor=Amelia Flood </properties>

Advisers

The current adviser is Tom Martin, editor of The Register-Mail.

Flunk Day Issue 2007

(main article:Flunk Day Issue 2007)

See Also

Controversy over Quality

TKS has, over the past few years, been mired in controversy. Quotes are often truncated and taken entirely out of context for the manipulation of stories. The paper is also rife with spelling and grammatical errors.

Controversy over Controversy over Quality

Hostility is predictably directed towards TKS by those who have done something to make themselves look like an ass on such a scale as to be reported upon by the Knox campus newspaper. Though periodically mired in controversies, the worst thing reasonable and disinterested observers can say is that they try to stuff two weeks worth of news into a weekly paper, complain about lack of journalistic standards despite their own lack of education in regards to journalism, and their paper is rife with spelling and grammatical errors.

The best way to deal with this problem would be to join TKS and throw your two cents in. Help the reformation. You can do it. We believe in you. You have enough dedication to type in the URL for this site and click on this page. You also have the dedication to improve TKS.