The Gateway (newspaper)

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The Gateway is the student newspaper at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Liddy Lloyd on October 26, 1910.^{[citation needed]} A group of students gathered to discuss the creation of a student newspaper. They came up with the name 'Gateway' and selected A.E. Ottewell as its first editor-in-chief.^{[citation needed]} According to an editorial written in 1917,^{[citation needed]} the name Gateway was meant to be "suggestive of the position of the U of A at the portal of the great North country, rich in potentialities and future greatness."

From its first published issue on November 21, 1910 until 2002, the Gateway was run as a department of the University of Alberta Students' Union. In 2002 the paper ran a successful referendum campaign for its autonomy and became an independent entity run by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS).

While most of the day-to-day operations did not change with autonomy, a board of directors (BOD) took over the major decision-making powers for the paper from a Students' Union committee and the Vice-President (Student Life).

The paper is funded by a combination of advertising revenue and a student levy approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. The Gateway is one of the oldest and largest student newspapers in Canada^{[citation needed]} and features sections devoted to news, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, comics and features.

The Gateway is a founding member of Canadian University Press and played host to CUP's national conference in January 2005.^{[citation needed]}

After many different formats and publishing schedules over the years — including a very brief attempt as a daily^{[citation needed]} — the Gateway is published most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall and winter terms and has a circulation of 12,000.^{[citation needed]} During the Spring and Summer sessions the Gateway publishes a reduced schedule with a reduced circulation.

The Gateway launched a new webstie, The Gateway Online, on 27 February, 2007.

1 Gateway Student Journalism Society
2 Gateway Alumni Association
3 Notable alumni
4 Gateway Editors-in-Chief
- 4.1 Autonomy
- 4.2 Preautonomy
5 External links

[edit] Gateway Student Journalism Society

The Gateway Student Journalism Society is the body that oversees the budget and overall operation of the Gateway. Its board of directors consists of nine voting members (the "Editor-in-Chief" of the newspaper, an editor’s representative, two volunteer representatives, a representative of Students' Council, the SU Vice-President (Operations and Finance), a "continuity" representative and two students-at-large) as well as the Business Manager who is ex-offico and a non-voting member. A Secretary, Treasurer and Chair of the BOD are selected from the voting members.

The BOD for the 2006/07 year is composed of the following members:

Chair, Ross Prusakowski (Volunteer Representative)
Secretary, Edmon Rotea (Volunteer Representative)
Treasurer, Daniel Kaszor (Continuity Representative)
Chris Cunningham (Students' Union Vice-President (Operations & Finance))
Chris Samuel (Students' Council Representative)
Matt Frehner (Editor-in-Chief)
Chloé Fedio (Line Editor Representative)
Kristy Baron (Student-at-Large)
Dane Bullerwell (Student-at-Large)
Steve Smith, the Society's Business Manager, also sits on the Board as a non-voting member.

[edit] Gateway Alumni Association

In early 2004, Gateway alumnus Steve Lillebuen approached the University of Alberta to officially recognize a Gateway Alumni Association (GAA). In March of 2004 the GAA became an official chapter of the University of Alberta Alumni Association.^{[citation needed]} Since then, the GAA has tracked down 800 lost alumni, hosted the Gateway’s 95th anniversary dinner (which, oddly enough, had 95 guests), and started working towards creating an online digital archive of the newspaper in preparation for the Gateway’s centennial in 2010.

All former paid staff of the newspaper are members of the Association. Any volunteer who contributed five or more submissions—writing, photographs, graphics, comics, administrative or editorial assistance and design—that appeared in the Gateway is also a member. It is estimated that over 3000 people have volunteered at one point in the Gateway's publishing history.

[edit] Notable alumni

Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada
Cam Cole, National Post sports columnist
Mark Spector, National Post sports columnist
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Fish Griwkowsky, Space Cat cartoonist and music/political critic
Stephen Notley, creator of Bob the Angry Flower
Matthew Halton, the late CBC Radio WWII reporter, the "Voice of Canada"
Peter Lougheed, former Alberta Premier
Arthur Kroeger, former Deputy Minister
Lou Hyndman, former University of Alberta Chancellor
William Beard, film Professor and author
Todd Babiak, Edmonton Journal columnist and Giller Prize-nominated author

[edit] Gateway Editors-in-Chief

[edit] Autonomy

2007/08 Adam Gaumont (Previously Opinion Editor)
2006/07 Matt Frehner (Previously Photo Editor)
2005/06 Daniel Kaszor (Previously Production Editor for two years)
2004/05 Adam Rozenhart (Previously Managing Editor, Arts and Entertainment Editor)
2003/04 Chris Boutet (Previously Managing Editor, News Editor)
2002/03 David "Skip" Zeibin (Previously Production Editor for two years)