Salient (magazine)

Salient

The cover of Salient magazine 11 April 2005
Editor	Emma Hurley and Jayne Mulligan
News editors	Kate Robertson
Designers	Ella Bates-Hermans
Staff writers	Philip McSweeney Charlotte Doyle Gus Mitchell
Frequency	Weekly (during non-summer trimesters) resulting in 25 issues annually
Circulation	16,000
Year founded	1938
Company	Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
Based in	Wellington, New Zealand
Website	salient.org.nz
OCLC number	227003028

Salient is the weekly students' magazine of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Salient was established in 1938 and originally published in newspaper format, but is now published as a magazine. Salient's style and editorial position can change from year to year due to changes in editors. However, the magazine has generally taken a left-wing stance.

The Salient editor-in-chief is an employee of VUWSA operating under a charter that grants editorial independence. The editor is appointed and employed under a fixed term contract that covers roughly the beginning to end of the academic year. Previous involvement with the magazine is not a prerequisite for applicants, although most have had some role at Salient prior to their editorship. At various times in Salient's history, and consistently since 2011, the editorship has been shared between two people.

Notable past editors include former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, editor of Metro magazine Simon Wilson, Queen's Counsel Hugh Rennie, and New Zealand Listener writer Toby Manhire.

Salient news is predominately focused on student issues, the students' association, and the university itself. However, Salient has also reported on national and international items outside of "student" issues. For instance there was significant coverage of the Iraq invasion in 2003. Previous editors include Sophie Boot (2014), Chris McIntyre (2013), Stella Blake-Kelly and Hugo McKinnon (2011), Molly McCarthy (2010), Michael Oliver (2009), Seonah Choi (2008), Laura McQuillan (2007), Nicola Kean (2006), and Keith Ng (2004-2005).

Salient is a member of the Aotearoa Student Press Association (ASPA), which has intermittently had a press gallery journalist in the New Zealand House of Representatives. As Salient is based in Wellington, the ASPA press gallery associate has typically doubled-up as the news editor for Salient. The current press gallery representative is Sophie Boot.