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'''Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.''' (February 20, 1938 – January 16, 2014), was a [[journalist]] in his native [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]], whose communications career began in the middle 1950s when he was a student at Ruston High School and then [[Louisiana Tech University]]. In 1968, at the age of thirty, Hilburn returned to Louisiana Tech to chair the Journalism Department and serve as director of the college news bureau. Even while instructing budding journalists for some four decades, he continued to write a popular weekly column carried by Gannett in both ''The Shreveport Times'' and ''The Monroe News-Star.'' On September 1, 2009, Hilburn retired from the university position after forty-one years.<ref name=latech>Bill Campbell, "Region's dean of journalism leaves editor's mark on generations, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' August 2, 2009.</ref>
'''Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.''' (February 20, 1938 – January 16, 2014), was a [[journalist]] in his native [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], [[Louisiana]], whose communications career began in the middle 1950s when he was a student at Ruston High School and then [[Louisiana Tech University]]. In 1968, at the age of thirty, Hilburn returned to Louisiana Tech to chair the Journalism Department and serve as director of the college news bureau.
Even while instructing budding journalists for some four decades, he continued to write a popular weekly column carried by Gannett in both ''The Shreveport Times'' and ''The Monroe News-Star.'' On September 1, 2009, Hilburn retired from the university position after forty-one years.<ref name=latech>Bill Campbell, "Region's dean of journalism leaves editor's mark on generations, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' August 2, 2009.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Prior to his joining ''The Shreveport Times,'' the largest newspaper in North Louisiana, Hilburn was the telegraph editor of the former ''Monroe Morning World'' (since merged into ''The News-Star'' of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=hilburnhonors/>
Prior to his joining ''The Shreveport Times,'' the largest newspaper in North Louisiana, Hilburn was the telegraph editor of the former ''Monroe Morning World'' (since merged into ''The News-Star'' of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=hilburnhonors/>
==''The Tech Talk''==
==''The Tech Talk'''==
Former Louisiana Tech President [[F. Jay Taylor]] hired Hilburn to "liberate the [college] newspaper," ''The Tech Talk,'' which had previously been a noncontroversial journal of mostly honor rolls and academic listings and failed to address student issues, such as the [[Vietnam War]], the [[civil rights]] movement, and the sexual revolution.<ref name=hilburndeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140116/NEWS01/301160027/Well-known-journalist-professor-Hilburn-dead-75?nclick_check=1|title=Well-known journalist, professor, Hilburn dead at 75|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name=latech/>
Former Louisiana Tech President [[F. Jay Taylor]] hired Hilburn to "liberate the [college] newspaper," ''The Tech Talk,'' which had previously been a noncontroversial journal of mostly honor rolls and academic listings and failed to address student issues, such as the [[Vietnam War]], the [[civil rights]] movement, and the sexual revolution.<ref name=hilburndeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140116/NEWS01/301160027/Well-known-journalist-professor-Hilburn-dead-75?nclick_check=1|title=Well-known journalist, professor, Hilburn dead at 75|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name=latech/>