By Robin HuebnerNovember 27, 2024 MOORHEAD — A long-running college newspaper is back after a hiatus due to a new core group of students who aim to help keep their campus informed. The Advocate at Minnesota State University Moorhead has been out of circulation for a couple years, said Chris Walker, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the university, […]
As Minnesota State University Moorhead celebrates more than 50 years of The Advocate, a look back at its predecessor that ruffled more than a few feathers. By Tracy Briggs, Oct. 5, 2022 MOORHEAD – American student journalists of the late 1960s were an entirely different breed – communicators created from cultural unrest. Surrounded by protests over the Vietnam War, women’s […]
The MSUM Archives continues to work hard on its long term goal to make all student newspapers from 1900 to the present available online. All student newspapers from 1900 to 1953 are now available in RED: a Repository of Digital Collections. The following student newspapers have been digitized and made full text searchable: The Normal Red Letter (1900-1906): https://red.mnstate.edu/normalredletter The […]
The Advocate is hiring for editorial positions for the 2020-2021 school year. The Advocate offers students a paid opportunity to develop important skills, by working on a dedicated staff of student journalists. Job postings will be open until April 20. If you are interested in being an editor for The Advocate next year, apply today! Editor-in-Chief: https://mnstate.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3710797?ref=home-unit-item Variety Editor: https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3710790?ref=preview-header-click […]
The University Archives is working on a long-term project to digitize all of the student newspapers and make them available in the university’s online institutional repository, RED. The following student newspapers are now available: The Normal Red Letter (1900-1906) https://red.mnstate.edu/normalredletter/ The Bulletin (1924-1925) https://red.mnstate.edu/bulletin/ The Mistic (1925-1931) https://red.mnstate.edu/mistic/ The Western Mistic (1931-1935) https://red.mnstate.edu/western-mistic/ The Advocate (2002-2015) https://red.mnstate.edu/advocate/