''The Oakland Post'' is a weekly

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published in

Oakland County, Michigan Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,274,395, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, b ...

. It is a student-run, independent newspaper serving

Oakland University Oakland University is a public research university in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland, operating under the Mi ...

. It is owned by the Oakland Sail, Inc. The current editor-in-chief (EIC) is Michael Pearce. Trevor Tyle preceded Pearce, serving as EIC from fall 2019 through spring 2020. Other EICs included Aujenee Hirsch (2018-2019), Shelby Tankersley (2017-2018), Paige Brockway (2016-2017), Kristen Davis (fall 2015-2016), Kaylee Kean (summer 2015), Oona Goodin-Smith (2014-2015),Scott Wolchek (2013-2014), Nichole Seguin (winter-spring 2013), Kay Nguyen (2010 spring-2011 fall) and Colleen Miller (2009-2010).

Distribution

Five thousand copies of ''The Oakland Post'' are distributed free of charge every Wednesday to locations on campus at Oakland University and select local off-campus locations. ''The Oakland Post'' switches to monthly production during the summer months of May, June and July because of low traffic to the commuter-driven campus. In 2013, former editor-in-chief Seguin started converting the newspaper to a web-first paper with daily multimedia content and content management software.

Sections

The two opinion sections of the newspaper are Opinion (editorial) and Satire (humor). The Campus section covers campus issues and events. The Sports section provides coverage of Oakland athletics and professional sports. The Features section covers local profiles, art and life.

Honors and awards

The paper was ranked second in its region and division by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009. It was an Associated Collegiate Press national newspaper Pacemaker finalist. The 2010–11 staff garnered an ACP Best of Show award the 2010 National College Media Convention. The 2011–12 staff garnered the newspaper's second ACP Pacemaker nomination. It was also awarded 10th place ACP Best of Show for its website at the 2012 National College Media Convention in Chicago. In 2013, the newspaper was awarded 10th place ACP Best of Show for website design and 9th place ACP Best of Show for overall newspaper design at the 2013 National College Media Convention in San Francisco. In 2014, ''The Oakland Post'' received ninth place in the country in the College Media Association's "Best in Show" awards for its "special edition" issue surrounding the search for OU's next president. The paper also picked up a 2014 Pinnacle College Media Award for a two-page spread on autism, designed by Frank Lepkowski. In 2015, ''The Post'' was recognized by the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists, receiving third place in cover design for non-daily papers, and third place in editorial writing for an article written by editor-in-chief Oona Goodin-Smith, investigating the school's secretive search for a president. Goodin-Smith and Managing Editor Kaylee Kean also picked up first place and fourth place, respectively, in the Larry Laurain Excellence in Journalism Scholarship Contest.

References

External links

Official site
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