Woroni

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Woroni
School Australian National University
Information
Editor(s) Tully Fletcher and Robert Wiblin
Location Canberra, ACT, Australia
Founded 1948
Owner Australian National University Students’ Association
Frequency 7 times a semester
Format Tabloid
Web address http://www.woroni.com.au


Woroni is the student newspaper of the Australian National University, based in Canberra, ACT, Australia. The newspaper was first published in 1948. ‘Woroni’ is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning ‘mouthpiece’.

Woroni is published fortnightly as a full colour tabloid-size newspaper and features broad coverage of local news, sports, arts, culture, politics, opinion, science, music, film, books, careers and leisure.

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[edit] Internet Publications

A new website (http://www.woroni.com.au) was launched on 28 May 2008.

The website reproduces the hardcopy edition in digital format, with past hardcopy editions available for download.

[edit] Production

Woroni is published by the ANU Students’ Association, and is produced by an elected Editor or small team of Editors who serve for a period of one year. Usually the elected Editor then appoints their own team of Sub-Editors and Staff Writers.

Front cover of the first issue of Woroni in 2005, showing the O-week theme 'Do-It-Yourself'
Front cover of the first issue of Woroni in 2005, showing the O-week theme 'Do-It-Yourself'

[edit] Format

Traditionally Woroni was printed in a tabloid format, and it was published fortnightly. In the mid 1990s the newspaper was published monthly. Since 2004 Woroni took on a magazine-style format, which now consists of 48 pages and is issued four times per semester. In 2007, Woroni began to be published electronically as well as in print, with an online edition being released on the woroni website at http://www.woroni.com.au. A return to fortnightly publication and tabloid newspaper format occurred in 2008.

[edit] Content

The content of the newspaper is directed by the Editor, and hence changes from year to year. It usually contains: letters, campus news, opinion pieces, features, entertainment reviews, satire, and reports from the ANU Students' Association elected officeholders. In 2005, issues centred around a theme, which proved to be a successful method of encouraging new contributors.

[edit] Awards

Award-winning 'Death' issue cover 2005
Award-winning 'Death' issue cover 2005

In late 2005, Woroni was awarded first prize for the best series of front cover artworks among Australia's student newspapers at the National Student and Emerging Media Conference (NSEMC), which forms part of the annual aptly named This Is Not Art (TINA) festival in Newcastle.

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