Medicine Bow Post
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The ‘’’Medicine Bow Post’’’ was a weekly newspaper published in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, from September 1977 to mid-1995. David L. Roberts (b. January 12, 1954, Lusk, Wyoming
), was founding editor and publisher. 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. The paper also received five National Newspaper awards. Roberts now teaches journalism at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri.
Lusk, Wyoming
Lusk is a town in Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,447 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Niobrara County. The town was laid out in June 1886 by engineers working on the Wyoming Central Railway. It was named after Frank S...
), was founding editor and publisher. 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. The paper also received five National Newspaper awards. Roberts now teaches journalism at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri.