Behind the Press: Meet your makers

EDITORIAL STAFF, Evergreen staff

January 15, 2020

Sydney Brown- Editor-in-Chief In August 2017, a freshman version of myself wandered into the dim basement of Murrow Hall, lured by the promise of free cookies at an open house. I had no intention of writing for the school newspaper. I'd been editor-in-chief of my high school paper and decided it w...

Layout Reborn

EMMA LEDBETTER and JACQUI THOMASSON

January 13, 2020

Editors gathered Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the basement of Murrow Hall to prepare for the upcoming semester of producing The Daily Evergreen, WSU’s independent student newspaper. The three-day training happens at the beginning of every semester and is affectionately called “boot camp�...

If you build it, they will come

GRACE ARNIS and KATIE ARCHER

October 4, 2019

Women’s sports are only 3 percent of all sports coverage. In the male-dominated field of sports journalism and the totally male-dominated fields of sports, we think it’s important to share the wealth. Under our leadership, The Daily Evergreen will be more committed to telling stories about wo...

Behind the press: About the abortion story

MAGGIE QUINLAN and RACHEL SUN

May 23, 2019

We wrote about women's abortion experiences, this is why

Managing editor captures newsroom

SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen managing editor

May 3, 2019

Fingertips clatter against keyboard and light chatter fills the air. Old newspapers — and some memes that have been around for over a decade — line the cream-colored, worn walls of the basement of Murrow Hall. Here, students of a wide range of majors, ambitions and positions produce a daily stude...

GALLERY: Behind the Press: Sex Edition 2019 Photos

March 1, 2019

EDITORIAL BOARD: No print Evergreen on Tuesday

EDITORIAL BOARD, The Daily Evergreen

February 11, 2019

The Daily Evergreen will not publish a print edition for Tuesday, Feb. 12 due to forecasted inclement weather conditions. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Palouse region until 10 a.m. Tuesday. Included in this warning is a predicted 7 inches of snowfall before 1 a.m. We will still publish tomorrow’s stories online and links to them ...

Evergreen Thanksgiving Slideshow

November 22, 2018

Behind the press: The Jason Gesser Investigation

IAN SMAY and DYLAN GREENE

September 14, 2018

When we got the anonymous tip that ended up resulting in the over 3,100 word Jason Gesser article, we didn’t think we would ever get the information needed to run a piece. The two of us and our then-content adviser Jacob Jones were sitting in the newsroom during the first week of summer break when...

Behind the Press: With the Evergreen facing print cuts, alumni weigh in

January 30, 2018

More information about potential print cuts can be found here.   It’s come to my attention that the Office of Student Media is considering slashing the “Daily” from The Daily Evergreen, dropping down to three or even two days a week as a cost-cutting measure. As an Evergreen alumna ...

Behind the press: New Year’s resolutions

Evergreen staff

January 1, 2018

Madison Jackson, editor-in-chief 1. Share the importance of Student Media and journalism with as many people as possible by reporting on issues readers care about, writing editorial boards and advocating for the Evergreen’s mission of teaching students how to be professional journalists. 2. Make mys...

Behind the press: Sports photographer vs. wide receiver

RYAN PUGH, Evergreen photographer

December 30, 2017

Turns out, it's not that fun to get hit by a football player. Anything for a good photo, right? I was squatting down on the 20-yard line in between these A-frame advertisements and the field. The second I saw the Michigan State receiver's route I knew I was going to get hit, but I loved the angle ...