About the WORD

Publishes the equivalent of three to five issues a semester, and regularly adds articles and updates stories. It started with a presidential grant and because students, Assistant Professor Gregg Morris and staff believed student journalism should be serious journalism. It is supervised by Morris, who is the editor. Please be aware that some articles and pictures in this publication are copyrighted. The commentaries and opinions reflect the views of the writers.

In 1997, the WORD received a $10,000 grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation to expand operations and develop more programming opportunities. It also has received numerous grants from the college, including substantial support in fall 2003 from President Jennifer Rabb. Because of a FORD Foundation grant, podcasting, blogging and moving images are expected to augment publication this fall, 2007.

The publication continues to benefit from the support of the Office of Instructional Computing and Information Technology, the Office of Research Administration, the contributions of students in journalism and media studies classes and from photographers and artists from other areas of Hunter. Also, an important thanks to those few instructors who also contribute.