The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Independent |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Website | www.jhunewsletter.com |
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter is the independent student newspaper of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Published since 1896, it is one of the nation's oldest continuously published, weekly student-run college newspapers.
The News-Letter is published every Thursday in a full-color front and back page broadsheet format, and has two sections: an A section and a B section. Its total circulation is approximately 6,200, including the local campuses of Johns Hopkins, area colleges and the greater Baltimore region.
Several times a year, The News-Letter distributes a special issue with 20- to 30-page tabloid-sized inserts, such as Best of Baltimore, Cover-Letter (introducing new students to the University), Housing Guide, Lacrosse Guide, and the Dining Guide.
The editorial and business boards consist entirely of undergraduates. Members of the editorial staff are democratically elected to one-year terms, while members of the business board are hired by the editors-in-chief.
The News-Letter won a Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker award for four-year, non-daily college newspapers in 2007, and has won and been nominated for the Pacemaker in previous years.
The News-Letter is an affiliate of UWIRE[1], which distributes and promotes its content to their network.
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[edit] History
In 1889, when some believed the university would be better without a student newspaper of any kind[citation needed], the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins University prohibited the creation of any student publication without the board's written permission. Seven years later, James M. Thomson '1897 and Edgeworth Smith '98, petitioned Academic Council to allow publication of four trial issues of a fortnightly periodical to be called The Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Its aim, at a pricey 15 cents an issue, would be to report on local events and provide a forum for students who wished to publish opinion pieces. Eventually, and reluctantly, the board acquiesced, "provided that the plan be carried out in a manner satisfactory to the President."[citation needed]
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[edit] Notable News-Letter Alumni
- James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans States-Item, later to become the present-day Times-Picayune
- Russell Baker, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and former host of Masterpiece Theater
- Alger Hiss, U.S. State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy
- Murray Kempton, noted American journalist
- Sidney Offit, curator of the George Polk Award
- Helmut Sonnenfeldt, chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States and a former aide to Henry Kissinger
- Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Russ Smith, founder of the Baltimore City Paper and New York Press
- Sujata Massey, mystery writer
- Caleb Deschanel, cinematographer and father of Zooey Deschanel and Emily Deschanel
- J.D. Considine, music critic and former Rolling Stone writer
- James Rosen, Washington D.C. correspondent for Fox News
- Mark Hertsgaard, independent journalist and environmental correspondent for The Nation
- Bruce Drake, former Vice President of National Public Radio
- Felix Posen, philanthropist and promoter of Humanistic Judaism
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[edit] External links
- The online edition of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, http://www.jhunewsletter.com
- Article at JhuWiki
- News-Letter Blogs
