The beginning of a new academic year also brings a new year for The Oswegonian, which is entering its 84th year of publishing. The staff is excited to share their best work every week with the faculty and students of Oswego State and the members of the Oswego community. 

This year is going to have a lot of positive changes, with The Oswegonian moving toward more multimedia content, including videos and podcasts that will be available on the website. Our new multimedia editor, Ethan Magram, has brought new ideas to the table that the rest of the staff is looking forward to.

As the newspaper industry moves more toward online distribution, so will The Oswegonian. As a staff, we are hoping to post stories more frequently on the website, compared to the sudden rush of stories on Wednesday and Thursday nights. There is also a cut in physical papers that we distribute. Our new circulation director, Lindsey Hurlbut, will be delivering to the same locations as before, but just fewer copies. We hope to then reduce waste that some extra copies would cause.

Collaboration within the other two student media organizations, WTOP-10 TV and WNYO 88.9 FM, is another goal for our staff this year. In previous years, a big point of collaboration was just in each organization’s respective sports departments. We hope to share ideas and finished products, beyond sports, with each other to put on our own websites for the most exposure possible. With the leadership of WTOP-10’s general manager, Joshua Holfoth, WNYO’s general manager, Carl Neff, and this year’s editor-in-chief, Alexander Gault-Plate, there will be some big projects coming out of the three organizations.

Every year, we have the same hope: we want more staff, including writers, photographers, copy editors and more. We encourage any student interested in being part of our student-run newspaper to stop by The Oswegonian office (139A MCC) and see what we are all about – The Oswegonian accepts anyone and everyone.