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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/>​

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==''The Tech Talk'''==​

==''The Tech Talk''==​

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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/>​

In addition to his duties with the news bureau, Hilburn served on the Louisiana Tech Administrative Planning Council. From his work on the Tech Athletic Council, he remained a steadfast follower of the university sports teams.<ref name=hilburnhonors/>​

In addition to his duties with the news bureau, Hilburn served on the Louisiana Tech Administrative Planning Council. From his work on the Tech Athletic Council, he remained a steadfast follower of the university sports teams.<ref name=hilburnhonors/>​

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==Politics==

==Politics==

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district]] seat in which the one-term Democrat incumbent, [Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, easily defeated Brown. Hilburn surprises readers; after praising Brown's public service, he reveals that he had voted for Huckaby in the race anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelisburnpress.com/BookReviewTimes.html|title=Book Speaks to Travesty of Justice|date=January 10, 2005|publisher=thelisburnpress.com|accessdate=June 16, 2013}}</ref>Hilburn was originally a more [[conservative]] Democrat who supported [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections, respectively, but thereafter shifted ideological lines to become decades later an active backer of [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20131121/OPINION02/311210043/Wiley-Hilburn-Column-JFK-Guilt-grief-another-direction|title=Wiley Hilburn Column: JFK - Guilt, grief and another direction|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=November 22, 2013}}</ref>​

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district]] seat in which the one-term Democrat incumbent, [Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, easily defeated Brown. Hilburn surprises readers; after praising Brown's public service, he reveals that he had voted for Huckaby in the race anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelisburnpress.com/BookReviewTimes.html|title=Book Speaks to Travesty of Justice|date=January 10, 2005|publisher=thelisburnpress.com|accessdate=June 16, 2013}}</ref>Hilburn was originally a more [[conservative]] Democrat who supported [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1960 and 1964 presidential elections, respectively, but thereafter shifted ideological lines to become decades later an active backer of [[Barack H. Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20131121/OPINION02/311210043/Wiley-Hilburn-Column-JFK-Guilt-grief-another-direction|title=Wiley Hilburn Column: JFK - Guilt, grief and another direction|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=November 22, 2013}}</ref>​