While the federal election is coming to a close, another election looms, this time for Woroni Editors. Voting for the election of Australian National University Student Media (Woroni) Editors will open on Monday, 23 May. Students can vote online and will receive an email to the link to the online voting poll at 9am on 23 May.
All undergraduate and postgraduate students at the ANU are eligible to vote. Polls will close at 5pm on Friday 27 May.
Two positions are contested – Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Art Editor – while two positions were uncontested – Radio Editor and News Editor.
Additionally, there is a casual vacancy for the role of Managing Editor. Applications are open until this Sunday 22 May at 5pm. You can find out more about the Managing Editor position here.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief is contested by two candidates: Daniel Crane and Saad Khalid, while Art Editor is the most contested position, with Indy Shead, Xuming Du (Angel) and Rose Dixon-Campell all vying for the spot.
Fergus Sherwood has been elected to Radio Editor, while Alexander Lane has been elected to News Editor, both uncontested. More detailed information about the various candidates, including statements about their vision for Woroni, can be found here.
We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Woroni, Woroni Radio and Woroni TV are created, edited, published, printed and distributed. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that the name Woroni was taken from the Wadi Wadi Nation without permission, and we are striving to do better for future reconciliation.