''The Exonian'' is the bi-weekly student-run newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy in

Exeter, New Hampshire Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,049 at the 2020 census, up from 14,306 at the 2010 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood. ...

. It has been printed continuously since April 6, 1878, making it the oldest continuously-published preparatory school newspaper in the country. 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

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. The first issue appeared on Saturday, April 6, of that year.

Operations

''The Exonian'' has been published online since 2010. ''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

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.

Recent leadership

Notable alumni

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(1944) – jazz critic * Alex Beam (1971) – journalist * Roscoe Conkling Bruce (1898) — educator *

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(1987) – journalist *

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(1975) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

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(1920) — socialist philosopher *

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(1972) – businessman, 2006 Democratic nominee for Connecticut senator, Governor of Connecticut *

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(1924) – essayist and philosopher *

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(1971) – writer * Bradley Palmer (1884) – lawyer, helped found the

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, and ITT *

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(1944) – journalist, writer, and actor *

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(1933) – historian *

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(1912) – author and screenwriter, member of the

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* George W. S. Trow (1961) – author and essayist *

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(1943) – author *

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Honors and awards

* 2002

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Gold Circle Award ** Advertising & Advertising Photography (1st place) ** Sports Page Design – Full Color (2nd place) ** Sports News (3rd place) *2005 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award **Page One Design, Color (1st place) *2007

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Newspaper Pacemaker Awards *2018 Youth Journalism International Courage in Journalism Award

In popular culture

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'' is based on ''The Exonian''.

References

External links

''The Exonian'' Online
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