The Western Carolinian is a newspaper written, edited, designed, marketed and produced by students of Western Carolina University. Every month of the academic school year student staff members distribute physical copies and update digital news outlet. The Western Carolinian’s goal is to serve the information needs of WCU students, faculty, staff, administration, Jackson County and the greater WNC community.
Since 1933, it has been the mission of The Western Carolinian to serve the Western Carolina University community by providing thorough coverage of WNC news. The Western Carolinian has the journalistic responsibility to cover important topics and issues impacting its readers. In addition, The Western Carolinian strives to provide a place for all opinions to be recognized and supported, and to do this in a respectful manner. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of journalism by providing coverage that is accurate, unbiased, and in the interest of the public.
The First Amendment and the public’s right to know guarantee the right to a free press at Western Carolina University. The Editor-in-Chief and staff of The Western Carolinian are fully responsible for generating the content of the paper.
All students, faculty, staff and community members are encouraged to submit article ideas and all are welcome to submit articles or opinion pieces to The Western Carolinian as a guest contributor. Guest contributors submit work voluntarily and are not paid staff. Guest contributors will not be paid for printed submissions. All articles submitted become property of The Western Carolinian. All formatting should follow AP style guidelines. Submitted articles should include sufficient and properly vetted sources. Submissions will be edited and are subject to approval from the Editor-in-Chief.
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