The sections of the Wheel include News, Opinion, Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Emory Life and Multimedia.

An editorial published in the first issue of The Wheel explains that the newspaper will strive to sharpen the intellect of the University community.

The Wheel Editorial Board maintained that Smith was pressured to resign by disapproving Campus Life administrators — a violation of the newspaper's independence from the University.

In the spring of 2015, facing a changing media landscape, the Editorial Board moved to completely overhaul the paper's internal structures, design and content schedule.

The board also formed new video and digital teams to assist the Wheel in its transition to a modern-day media publication.

Under the amendment, the new editorial board will consist of the editor-in-chief and members of the Emory community who will debate and develop the paper's official stance on local and national issues.

The change was proposed after the paper's coverage of the 2016 on-campus pro-Trump chalkings, during which the editor-in-chief "cut out all those who had touched the story" from participating in editorial discussions to maintain credibility and neutrality.