The Exonian

The Exonian
TypeStudent newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
SchoolPhillips Exeter Academy
Founder(s)
  • E. H. Mariett
  • E. B. Balch
  • W. N. Needles Jr.
Editor-in-chiefRoxane Park
FoundedApril 6, 1878; 146 years ago (1878-04-06)
HeadquartersExeter, New Hampshire
Websitetheexonian.net

The Exonian is the weekly student-run newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It has been printed continuously since April 6, 1878, making it the oldest continuously-published preparatory school newspaper in the country. It is published every Thursday by its student board and is subject to limited faculty censorship. Many parents and alumni hold subscriptions to the paper, which acts as a forum for the ideas of the Exeter community and prints extensive news, investigative, opinion, sports, and feature articles. In 2011, the newspaper became available to all students free of cost.

History

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The first issue of The Exonian was published on April 6, 1878.

The paper was begun as a weekly in 1878, when three Exeter students, two of whom were roommates in Abbot Hall, decided to publish a newspaper for the academy.[8] The first issue appeared on Saturday, April 6, of that year.[9]

Operations

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The Exonian has been published online since 2010.[10]

The Exonian consists of three boards, an executive board, an upper board and a lower board. These three boards exist for all three branches of The Exonian. The executive board of The Exonian is directed by the editor-in-chief and typically includes a managing editor, director of writing, chief digital editor and business board chair.

The editorial board's upper board is charged with producing all of the paper's content. The editorial board assigns and edits articles, designs the paper and manages visuals, including photography and graphics. The lower board, composed of staff writers, writes the content in the paper. Typically, staff writers are underclassmen, while the upper board is composed of upperclassmen.

The business board's upper board conducts all advertising, operations subscriptions, accounting and outreach. The business board's lower board, composed of associates, works within the aforementioned branches. Similarly to the editorial board, upperclassmen typically make up the upper board, whereas underclassmen typically make up the lower board.

The web board's upper board controls all aspects of The Exonian's web presence. They are in charge of all long-term projects and the appearance of the website.

Notable alumni

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Gore Vidal
Joyce Maynard

Honors and awards

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The newspaper The Grave at the fictional Gravesend Academy from A Prayer for Owen Meany is based on The Exonian.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Franklin, Marie C. (15 February 2004). "Newspaper chronicles". The Boston Globe. p. 97. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Strauss, Michael (2 November 2003). "Resourceful teens give professional a lesson in speed". Palm Beach Daily News. p. 18. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The Exonian Marks 75th Anniversary". The Portsmouth Herald. 20 March 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ^ Crosbie, Laurence Murray (1924). The Phillips Exeter Academy: A History. Phillips Exeter Academy. pp. 204–205.
  5. ^ Fuess, Claude Moore (1917). An Old New England School A History of Phillips Academy Andover. Houghton Mifflin. pp. 436–437. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ Strauss, Michael (2018). The Times of My Life: Sportswriting in the 20th Century. Xlibris. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9781984571496.
  7. ^ "Youngsters Set Record: Exonian Editors Issue 'Extra' 13 Minutes After Game". Editor & Publisher. November 28, 1925. p. 48. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ Cunningham, Frank Herbert (1883). "The Exonian". Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings. J. R. Osgood. pp. 272–280. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ "The Exonian's Anniversary". The Harvard Crimson. May 1, 1928. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  10. ^ "The Exonian". theexonian.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ^ "Bloomberg's Women Behind the News: Laurie Hays | International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)". www.iwmf.org. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  12. ^ "2002 - Awards For Student Work Gold Circle Awards - Scholastic Recipients | Columbia Scholastic Press Association". cspa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  13. ^ Awarded to individual students working for the newspaper.
  14. ^ "2005 - Awards For Student Work Gold Circle Awards - Scholastic Recipients | Columbia Scholastic Press Association". cspa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  15. ^ "NSPA - 2007 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners". studentpress.org. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  16. ^ The Exonian was also a finalist in the years 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
  17. ^ "Winners in YJI's 2018 Excellence in Journalism contest". Youth Journalism International. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  18. ^ Pitofsky, Alexander H. (25 July 2014). American boarding school fiction, 1928/1981 : a critical study. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7865-1. OCLC 879584330.
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