Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Block and white and new all over New leadership accompanied by a different format changed the direction of the Northwest Mis- sourian. The trend today is for a more visible means of communication in print journalism, said Suzanne Cruzen, editor. After spending the summer thinking about what she wanted the paper to be, Cruzen chose a newsmagazine format. It ' s becoming a popular format now, and I felt as if we could do it too, she said. First-year adviser Mike Sherer also thought this was the way the Missourian should turn. This is becoming a visually oriented world, said Sherer. No one is going to bother with the publication if it doesn ' t look good. A major part of this change was the use of full-page pictures on the front page. One of the major problems we had this year was convincing veteran staff members that the front page picture didn ' t take away from news coverage, said Cruzen. It was more of a promo for our inside pages and wasn ' t used as a filler. Aside from the new format, the Missourian faced a change in staff as Sherer became adviser following the resignation of Linda Smith. I really enjoyed the work, said Sherer. About the only problem I had was realizing the need for more than 24 hours in a day to put out a quality publication. Freshmen made up the meat of the 25-member Missourian staff. We had young, new staff members, but it was great working with them, said Cruzen. It was exciting to get ideas from them. I felt there was more pressure upon me because I was looked upon to be a leader, said Dave Gieseke, sports editor and one of the few staff veterans. But as the year pro- gressed, the newcomers improved. Because they did, the publication got better. Even with a young staff, the Missourian was able to broaden its scope on the campus environ- ment. I think we covered things fairly well, said Cruzen. It ' s hard to be perfect but based on our many letters to the editor, we reached a lot of people. ABOVE: Suzanne Cruzen, editor, discusses a story assignment with Lori Atkins, news editor, and Liz Scott. Cruzen assigned all the stories for the Missourian RICHT: First-year staffers Ben 20 NORTHWEST MISSOURIAN Holder and Doug Ceer are assisted by Missourian adviser Mike Sherer during paste-up. Every Wednesday night, the staff pasted up the paper. mi k

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LEFT: Jay Liebenguth reads wire copy in preparation for an Alive and Living feature Liebenguth is the researcher for the radio magazine BELOW LEFT: Perry Echelberger, executive director, interviews Dr Carroll Fry for his explanation of current trends in the film industry. Fry is a regular contributor to Alive and Living. BELOW: Jocelyn Cordray answers questions from Kevin Brunner in a feature on childhood memories. The student-produced features usually had student quote s in them. I Combs O Cieseke BROADCAST SERVICES 19

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LEFT: Jim MacNeil, photography editor, prints a cover photo. A part of the new format was the use of one dominant picture on the front page FAR LEFT: After the paper comes out, it must be sent to subscribers Dave Cieseke, circu- lation manager, sends out 1,300 papers throughout the nation every week. BELOW: Janice Corder, news editor, interviews Kevin Brunner for a front page story. Corder was one of the 10 freshmen on the Missourian. i m h NORTHWEST MISSOURIAN 21