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The ‘’’Medicine Bow Post’’’ was a weekly newspaper published in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, from September 1977 to mid-1995.[1] David L. Roberts (b. January 12, 1954, Lusk, Wyoming), was founding editor and publisher. [2] The newspaper served a wide area of south-central Wyoming then experiencing economic boom from uranium and coal mining. In 1988, Roberts donated the newspaper to the University of Wyoming Department of Journalism for use as a laboratory newspaper. Numerous student editors and reporters learned weekly journalism at the newspaper until 1995 when the university closed the paper.
During its existence, the ‘’Medicine Bow Post’’ won numerous awards from the Wyoming Press Association for general and editorial excellence, including five editorial leadership awards. [3] The paper also received five National Newspaper awards. Roberts now teaches journalism at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri. [4]
References
- ^ ‘’Medicine Bow Post,’’ complete microfilmed copies held in the collections of the Wyoming State Archives, Cheyenne
- ^ Marquis ‘’Who’s Who in America’’, (2003), p. 4425.
- ^ Welcome to the press association for Wyoming newspapers
- ^ David Roberts - Missouri Valley College
Categories:- Wyoming media
- Newspapers published in Wyoming
- Defunct companies based in Wyoming
- Publications established in 1977
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