Daily Egyptian leaders are hoping to change the DE’s image this semester by increasing public awareness and changing the paper’s reporting style.

The new editor-in-chief, Marc Chase, said he is very confident and at ease with his new position after only holding it for three days.

Chase is a junior from Wheaton and is majoring in both journalism and political science.

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This fall will be Chase’s sixth semester at SIUC and his fifth semester as a Daily Egyptian employee.

Chase has previously been a student government reporter, a campus administration reporter and an editorial page editor.

Lloyd Goodman, the faculty managing editor, said Chase has extremely strong news judgment and is a strong leader, who encourages people to do high quality work.

He’ll be a good editor because he is also a strong reporter, Goodman said.

Chase said his job is to get accurate news out that serves the Daily Egyptian’s audience including the student population, Carbondale community and surrounding towns.

I’m here to gather all the news that goes into the paper and see that it gets reported accurately, Chase said.

Chase said he is planning to improve the paper this semester by not just reporting the facts, but also by explaining them.

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Basically I think journalism in the modern era needs to evolve into a service which explains rather than just giving the facts of what is going on, Chase said.

Chase has the desire to see the DE go in a new direction, Goodman said, and that is what makes him the right person for the job.

Chase said he plans to increase investigative reporting, do more special projects with in depth reporting and exhaust all angles of issues this semester in hopes of explaining the news better.

Bryan Mosley, a senior in advertising from East Moline, is entering his third semester as the DE’s student advertising manager.

Mosley said he was awarded the title of advertising manager because he has more experience than any of the other students who presently work in the advertising department.

Sherri Killion, the advertising supervisor, said Mosley is professional, organized and dedicated.

Anytime we need Bryan, he’s here, Killion said.

Mosley said his main goal is to get advertising sales back. He said the DE’s advertising sales have slightly declined and he wants to turn that around.

Killion said Mosley was chosen again to be advertising manager because he always strives to do things to make sure the DE sells more advertising space each semester.

Mosley said he would like to increase public awareness of the DE’s advertising department. He said the DE is the number one advertising medium in Carbondale.

Nobody saturates the market like we do and that is a fact, Mosley said. Even though our rates have gone up, I want the public to know the DE is still number one.