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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/>
==''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/>