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We're changing the name. Here's why

After years of reader feedback and staff discussion, we’re making the call this quarter to officially drop the “Western.” As of June 2, 2021, Western’s independent student newspaper is called The Front. 

2021-06-04
WWU to co-host 'Reporting on Ecotopia: Cross-border environmental media in the Salish Sea & Cascadia' panel May 21 2021-05-17
Journalism's Maria McLeod named winner of the 2020 WaterSedge Poetry Contest 2021-04-29
Protest policies: The first line of defense for student journalists

By Izzie Lund and Kaleigh Carroll, Western Washington University

When you cover a protest, what organization, document or person do you turn to?

Established journalists may point to people within their publication, others in the industry — like …

2021-04-21
Four Western students take top prize in regional SPJ awards; will go on to national competition 2021-04-19
Union-Bulletin's longtime editorial page editor Rick Eskil to hang up his keyboard

The ink had barely dried on 23-year-old Rick Eskil‘s Western Washington University diploma when he joined the Union-Bulletin news staff on Jan. 2, 1980. He graduated from WWU in December 1979.

He has been a joy to work with ever since — for more than four decades.…

2021-02-26
Union-Bulletin's longtime editorial page editor Rick Eskil to hang up his keyboard

The ink had barely dried on 23-year-old Rick Eskil‘s Western Washington University diploma when he joined the Union-Bulletin news staff on Jan. 2, 1980. He graduated from WWU in December 1979.

He has been a joy to work with ever since — for more than four decades.…

2021-02-26
Social Media and Journalistic Ethics in the Age of Disinformation  2021-02-24
Social Media and Journalistic Ethics in the Age of Disinformation  2021-02-24
WWU student chapter of Society of Professional Journalists named Outstanding Campus Chapter of the Year 2020-12-03
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