Woroni

Woroni
Australian National University
Type fortnightly student newspaper
Format Tabloid
Founded 1948
Headquarters Shop 15, Lena Karmel Lodge, 26 Barry Drive, Acton ACT 2601
Website woroni.com.au
City Canberra, ACT, Australia

Woroni is the student newspaper of the Australian National University, based in Canberra,[1] ACT, Australia. The name ‘Woroni’ derives from an Indigenous Australian word meaning ‘mouthpiece’. Woroni is published fortnightly in full colour tabloid format, and features broad coverage of university and local news, opinion, features, arts and culture, sports, and leisure. It was formerly published as Student Notes: Canberra University College Students Association.[2]

History

Woroni was first published on 23 May 1947 under the title Student Notes: Canberra University College Students Association.[2] From 14 February 1950 the name was changed to Woroni.[1] Traditionally, the editorial tone has been lighthearted and satirical. However, in recent years Woroni has increased its coverage of serious issues such as VSU, "Wadgate", and changes to the ANU School of Humanities. From 1948 to 2010 Woroni was published by ANUSA; its editors were officers of the Association, and responsible to the ANUSA Board of Trustees. In 2010/2011, Woroni became ANU Student Media Inc, a financially and editorially independent student-run publishing house - the first of its kind in Australia.

Editorial Board

As of 2011, the Woroni Editorial Board is composed of eight Editors, elected in alternating groups of four to terms of 12 months. Elections employ OPV, and are conducted online at the ANU website. Any ANU Student who has submitted three substantive contributions to Woroni is eligible to run for Editor.

Recent Editors

Year Editors
2006 Toney Herrigan
2007 Pete Davis Will Glasgow
2008 Tully Fletcher Robert Wiblin
2009 James Dawson Jessica Lee
2010 Adam Brereton* Alex Cubis* Kate Gratton*
2011(Semester 1) Scott Bolton Elouise Fowler Simon Thompson Sophie Turnbull
2011(Semester 2) Tom Westland Angus Minns Uma Patel Cameron P. Knott*, Victor White* **
2012(Semester 1) Olivia Clark Nakul Legha Lisa Visentin Zid Mancenido*, Dan Rose**
2012(Semester 2) Farzaneh Edraki Yasmin Masri Gus McCubbing Cam Wilson
2013(Semester 1) Vincent Chiang AJ Neilson Ben Latham Joshua Dabelstein* Peter Agoth**
2013(Semester 2) Lilly Ward Fergus Hunter Areti Metuamate Samantha Bradley
2014(Semester 1) Tara Shenoy Ross Caldwell Elise Terrell* Polly Mitton** Elena Tjandra* Jacob Ingram**
2014(Semester 2) Abigail Widijanto Beatrice Smith Alex Catalan-Flores Janis Lejins
2015(Semester 1) Jacob Ingram Rashna Farrukh Ellen Stokes* Isaac Dugdale** Sophie Yates* Benedicte O'Leary Rutherford**
2015(Semester 2) Maddalena Easterbrook Waheeduddin Jayhoon Giordano Borzuola * Joanne Leong** Mitchell Scott
2016(Semester 1) Ria Pflaum Andrew Cavenagh Caitlin Magee Liam Osawa***

- * Resigned prior to completion of their editorial term - ** Replaced outgoing editor - *** Elected managing editor

Digitisation

This newspaper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[3][4] As of January 2015, issues dating from 1950 to 2007 are available via Trove.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Woroni : journal of the Canberra University College Students Club.". Trove. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Students' notes / Canberra University College. Students' Association.". Trove. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Woroni (Canberra, ACT : 1950 - 2007)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2015-01-30.

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