The Gateway is a student-run organization which produces a newspaper for the University of Nebraska-Omaha. This college newspaper has been around for 107 years and keeps a strong presence on campus as it gives a voice to any student willing to write.
From arts and entertainment to sports and politics, the Gateway has a section for just about anyone. A wide variety of topics allows for an array of voices to be heard. Students can also write editorials which include their opinion to have a voice on debates or current issues.
The Gateway releases two papers per month, but also produces daily website content that is updated regularly. Like many papers nationwide, the Gateway has cut down on pages. The printed paper is put in circulation every other Tuesday.
The newspaper is led by editor-in-chief Kamrin Baker, who has recruited many students to join the college’s paper. Grant Rohan started off as a contributor and now has a position with the Gateway as a staff editor. Leta Lohrmeyer also began as a contributor and now has an editor position. Lohrmeyer stated that the Gateway changed her life.
Staff members are given stipends for their work, while contributors are on a volunteer basis. However, contributors are given free range on when they want to produce content, whether that be weekly or yearly is all up to them. Paid staff members are on strict deadlines to finish and post content. Most of the current editors did start as student contributors just like Rohan and Lohrmeyer.
The Gateway has published more than hundreds of students’ stories over the course of 107 years and has led to real careers for many. A number of former Gateway contributors and staff members now work for the Omaha Magazine and even marketing or public relations firms.
As the Gateway starts 2020 with new issues every Tuesday, they are surely looking forward to the next 107 as UNO’s true college paper.
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