| Type | Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| School | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Founder(s) | E. H. Mariett E. B. Balch W. N. Needles Jr. |
| Editor-in-chief | Daniel Zhang |
| Founded | April 6, 1878 |
| Headquarters | Exeter, New Hampshire |
| Website | www |
The Exonian is the weekly student-run newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. It has been printed continuously since April 6, 1878, making it the oldest continuously-published preparatory school newspaper in the country.[1][2] It is published weekly 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[edit]
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.[3] The first issue appeared on Saturday, April 6, of that year.[4][5]
Operations[edit]
The Exonian has been published online since 2010.[6]
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.
Mission[edit]
As stated on The Exonian's website, the paper's mission is as follows:
The primary focus of The Exonian as a high-school newspaper is to provide meaningful content and independent reporting to the Exeter community by allowing students of Phillips Exeter Academy to work as practicing journalists. We strive to achieve or surpass the professional standards of journalistic integrity in all of our work.[7]
Recent leadership[edit]
| Year | Board | Editor-in-chief | Director(s) of writing | Managing editor(s) | News editors | Life editors | Opinions editors | Humor editors | Sports editors | Director(s) of photography | Head art editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 143 | Daniel Zhang | Moksha Akil, Anya Tang | Lina Huang | Tina Huang, Amy Lum, Andrea Luo, Hansi Zhu | Indrani Basu, Jeannie Eom, Allison Kim, Taraz Lincoln | Evan Gonzalez, Manan Mendiratta, Max Park | Jack Archer, Blake Simpson, Chieko Imamura, Dorothy Baker | Toby Chan, Sydney Kang, Ginny Vazquez-Azpiri | Teja Vankireddy | Sabrina Kearney |
| 2020 | 142 | Anne Brandes | Felix Yeung | Daniel Zhang, Jeffrey Cui, Bona Hong, Noah James, Emily Kang | Morgan Lee, Ella Malysa, Mary Timmons, Jason Wang | Dennis Kostakoglu-Aydin, Stephen McNulty, Dillon Mims, Emmanuel Tran | Jack Archer, Adam Tuchler, Sonny Fiteni, Sarah Huang | Sydney Kang, Charlotte Lisa, Ginny Vazquez-Azpiri, Cooper Walshe | Will Vietor, Thomas Wang | Sabrina Kearney | |
| 2019 | 141 | Suan Lee | Rachel Won | Mai Hoang | Benjamin Cai, Sam Weil, Angele Yang, Angelina Zhang | Ginny Little, Candy Tantichirasakul, Nikita Thummula, Zane Ice | Johanna Martinez, Andrea So, Cooper Wolff, Jack Zhang, Cameron Frary, Isabella Ahmad | Fiona Madrid, Nick Schwarz, Ryan Xie, Ben Gorman, Jasper Yu | Leah Cohen, Caroline Fleming, Charlie Venci, Milo Walshe | Eva Carchidi,Helena Chen | |
| 2018 | 140 | Rose Horowitch | Madison Kang | John Beckerle | Don Assamongkol, Paul James, Sarah Ryu, Alan Wu | Hillary Davis, Grace Carroll, Jacky Cho | Mark Blekherman, Shaan Bhandarkar, Bianca Beck, Sebastian Bango | Ava Harrington, Lizzie Madamidola, Abby Zhang | Emily Cloonan, Ashley Lin, Makinrola Orafidiya, Jared Zhang | Reina Matsumoto | |
| 2017 | 139 | Emily Pelliccia | Willa Canfield | Claire Jutabha, Erica Hogan | James P. Cassidy, Harry Saunders, Sophia Zu | Athena Stenor, Alice Little, Joy Zhang | Année Reach, Eleanor Mallett, Jack Stewart | Cedric Blaise, Emily Green, Billy O'Handley | Taylor Walshe, Jack Baker | Diana Davidson, Chiara Perotti Correa | |
| 2016 | 138 | Philip Kuhn | Hannah Piette, Alan Liu | Joonho Jo, Melissa Lu, Henrietta Reily | Jenny Hunt, Bella Edo | Ellena Joo, Eugene Hu, Ahmad Rahman | RC McShane, Majestic Terhune, Elizabeth Yang | CJ Obiofuma, Christine Hu | Rachel Luo, Steven Kim | ||
| 2015 | 137 | Jack Hirsch | Tommy Song, Heather Nelson | Rex Bone, Rex Tercek, Alex Zhang | Will Belmont, Jeff Mellen, Joyce Tseng | Julie Chung, Tony Ryu | Will Ettinger, Audrey DeGuerrera, Kevin Zhen | Josh "Georgia" Forbes, Benjamin MacLean, Tommy Cefalu | |||
| 2014 | 136 | Katie Liptak | Jay Lee, Amanda Hu | Alice McCrum, Sam Yoo, Catherine Zhu | Monica Acosta | Zoha Qamar, Danna Shen | Katie Casado, Ben Hogoboom | Andrew Poggione, Tommy Miller | |||
| 2013 | 135 | Victor Wang | Amanda Li | Sarah Hannigan | Shannon Hou, Andrew Kim, Brian Kim | Sarah Jang, Hojung Kim | Hansen Shi, Laura Zawarski, Amina Kunnummal | Alice Ju, Nick du Pont | Alec Greaney, Nikhil Chuchra, Oliver Jung | ||
| 2012 | 134 | Eunice Cho | Alice Chung | Yooha Park, Connor Soltas | Catherine Denton, Oliver Everhard, Brandon Kaplowitz, Serena Sun | Joana Andoh, Vivian Chen, Giulia Olsson, Eileen Wong | Tez Clark, Nandini Mullaji, Allie O'Keefe, Sid Reddy | Anna Reich, Thor Vutcharangkul | Nissim Ray, Nick Storozynski, Korinayo Thompson, Nicole Yoon | ||
| 2011 | 133 | Dev Patel | Sophie Haigney | Evan Soltas | Penny Hung, Brian Kim, Elizabeth Stockton | Christina Constantine, Brea Salim, Calla Zhou | Rivka Hyland, Ben Rowen | Calvin Lord | Liam Kinney, Shaital Vellanki |
Notable alumni[edit]
- Whitney Balliett (1944) – jazz critic
- Alex Beam (1971) – journalist
- Roscoe Conkling Bruce (1898) — educator
- David Folkenflik (1987) – journalist
- Laurie Hays (1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist[8]
- Corliss Lamont (1920) — socialist philosopher
- Ned Lamont (1972) – businessman, 2006 Democratic nominee for Connecticut senator, Governor of Connecticut
- Dwight Macdonald (1924) – essayist and philosopher
- Joyce Maynard (1971) – writer
- Bradley Palmer (1884) – lawyer, helped found the United Fruit Company, Gillette, and ITT
- George Plimpton (1944) – journalist, writer, and actor
- Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1933) – historian
- Donald Ogden Stewart (1912) – author and screenwriter, member of the Algonquin Round Table
- George W. S. Trow (1961) – author and essayist
- Gore Vidal (1943) – author
- Greg Daniels (1980) – TV producer and screenwriter
Honors and awards[edit]
- 2002 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award[9][10]
- Advertising & Advertising Photography (1st place)
- Sports Page Design – Full Color (2nd place)
- Sports News (3rd place)
- 2005 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award[11]
- Page One Design, Color (1st place)
- 2007 National Scholastic Press Association Newspaper Pacemaker Awards[12][13]
- 2018 Youth Journalism International Courage in Journalism Award[14]
In popular culture[edit]
The newspaper The Grave at the fictional Gravesend Academy from A Prayer for Owen Meany is based on The Exonian.[15][16]
See also[edit]
- The Phillipian
- The Lawrence
References[edit]
- ^ Phillips Exeter Academy#Extra-curricular activities
- ^ The Harvard Crimson
- ^ Familiar Sketches of the Phillips Exeter Academy and Surroundings, Frank Herbert Cunningham, James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1883
- ^ "The Tenth Anniversary of the Exonian. | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "THE EXONIAN'S ANNIVERSARY | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "The Exonian". theexonian.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ "The Exonian". theexonian.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
- ^ "Bloomberg's Women Behind the News: Laurie Hays | International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)". www.iwmf.org. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "2002 - Awards For Student Work Gold Circle Awards - Scholastic Recipients | Columbia Scholastic Press Association". cspa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ Awarded to individual students working for the newspaper.
- ^ "2005 - Awards For Student Work Gold Circle Awards - Scholastic Recipients | Columbia Scholastic Press Association". cspa.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ "NSPA - 2007 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners". studentpress.org. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ The Exonian was also a finalist in the years 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
- ^ "Winners in YJI's 2018 Excellence in Journalism contest". Youth Journalism International. Youth Journalism International. Retrieved June 6, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ "A Prayer for Owen Meany", Wikipedia, 2019-12-10, retrieved 2020-04-08
- ^ Pitofsky, Alexander H., author. American boarding school fiction, 1928/1981 : a critical study. ISBN 978-0-7864-7865-1. OCLC 879584330.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[edit]
- The Exonian Online
