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Iowa Greek Express, 1971
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THE IOWA GREEK EXPRESS VOL. 4 IOWA CITY APRIL [1971] Welcome Seniors! How will Walsh change the DI? Following well established traditions, the university recently selected Thomas C. Walsh to head the Daily Iowan staff for next year. This ended a one year term for retiring editor Leona Durham. Even though his appointment is not effective until August 28, Walsh has been busy making a few of his own appointments. "I plan to cut down on my staff," he said "Right now there is alot of dead weight. I hope to use less people but still do a better than average job. I'm cutting out the managing editor position completely. this will place alot of extra work on others on the staff, but I think it will benefit the end product. If it doesn't work out then we'll just hire some more people, that's all." Many people are glad to see the change. Some think that the Daily Iowan is drab and uninteresting. Others could probably care less. How Will Tom Walsh change the D.I. to make it more appealing? "First of all," he said, "I am not controlling the newspaper. I control the editorial (written) part of the paper. I'm not responsible if the paper boy is late or doesn't even show. I think alot of people are misled in thinking that the newly appointed editor takes charge of everything, he doesn't. As far as changes in the format, I am not going to use as much A.P. (Associated Press) stuff as there is now. I want to replace these with feature stories written by the students in simulation. I think there is a lot of wasted talent in the journalism school and I want to use some of that talent." That brings us to another point which Tom brought up that he has plans for developing. Walsh feels that there is much wasted talent and knowledge on this campus which could be funnelled back to the D.I. in the form of "news analysis." "I feel we should be able to have a news analysis on any subject in the news today. We have students, professors, graduate assistants, and so on, who are experts in their fields. They could supply us with fantastic news analysis. Take for example Dr. Van Allen and the space exploration. The possibilities are as endless as the stories. This I hope will start the readers thinking for themselves." The [[underline]]Iowa Greek Express[[end underline]] was interested to know if Walsh had any plans for covering the Greeks next year. He answered by saying, "I think news is difference that makes a difference. If something news worthy is happening in the Greek system you can bet we'll cover it. The beat system will probably be used. I'll have reporters covering I.F.C. (Intra Fraternity Council) and Panhellenic. I don't plan anything special for the Greeks but if there is news, it will be printed. Walsh cited that the over-all picture for the future depends on the next two months. During this time he will be selecting his staff for next year as well as being generally introduced to the editing job. His staff is almost complete now but there are still three positions open. Right now he said he continued on page 2
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THE IOWA GREEK EXPRESS VOL. 4 IOWA CITY APRIL [1971] Welcome Seniors! How will Walsh change the DI? Following well established traditions, the university recently selected Thomas C. Walsh to head the Daily Iowan staff for next year. This ended a one year term for retiring editor Leona Durham. Even though his appointment is not effective until August 28, Walsh has been busy making a few of his own appointments. "I plan to cut down on my staff," he said "Right now there is alot of dead weight. I hope to use less people but still do a better than average job. I'm cutting out the managing editor position completely. this will place alot of extra work on others on the staff, but I think it will benefit the end product. If it doesn't work out then we'll just hire some more people, that's all." Many people are glad to see the change. Some think that the Daily Iowan is drab and uninteresting. Others could probably care less. How Will Tom Walsh change the D.I. to make it more appealing? "First of all," he said, "I am not controlling the newspaper. I control the editorial (written) part of the paper. I'm not responsible if the paper boy is late or doesn't even show. I think alot of people are misled in thinking that the newly appointed editor takes charge of everything, he doesn't. As far as changes in the format, I am not going to use as much A.P. (Associated Press) stuff as there is now. I want to replace these with feature stories written by the students in simulation. I think there is a lot of wasted talent in the journalism school and I want to use some of that talent." That brings us to another point which Tom brought up that he has plans for developing. Walsh feels that there is much wasted talent and knowledge on this campus which could be funnelled back to the D.I. in the form of "news analysis." "I feel we should be able to have a news analysis on any subject in the news today. We have students, professors, graduate assistants, and so on, who are experts in their fields. They could supply us with fantastic news analysis. Take for example Dr. Van Allen and the space exploration. The possibilities are as endless as the stories. This I hope will start the readers thinking for themselves." The [[underline]]Iowa Greek Express[[end underline]] was interested to know if Walsh had any plans for covering the Greeks next year. He answered by saying, "I think news is difference that makes a difference. If something news worthy is happening in the Greek system you can bet we'll cover it. The beat system will probably be used. I'll have reporters covering I.F.C. (Intra Fraternity Council) and Panhellenic. I don't plan anything special for the Greeks but if there is news, it will be printed. Walsh cited that the over-all picture for the future depends on the next two months. During this time he will be selecting his staff for next year as well as being generally introduced to the editing job. His staff is almost complete now but there are still three positions open. Right now he said he continued on page 2
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