The Pitt News
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The Pitt News is an independent, student-written, and student-managed newspaper for the Oakland (main) campus of the University of Pittsburgh. It is published Monday through Friday during the regular school year and Wednesdays during the summer.
The Pitt News is a million-dollar operation, employing more than 100 undergrads on the editorial side, about 25 in the business division and five professional staff members. The paper includes five regular sections — News, Opinions, Arts & Entertainment, Sports and Classifieds — and produces about a dozen special issues a year, such as the Dining, Employment and Rental guides. Circulation includes 14,000 copies an issue, distributed at approximately 100 sites. Currently, The Pitt News is printed by the Butler Color Press on tabloid-sized newsprint.
According to the Constitution of The Pitt News, the organization’s purpose is “to prepare and publish a high-quality newspaper, to provide experience for its members in all facets of the journalism profession, to provide a voice for the students of the university, and to provide a public forum for the university community.”
Overseeing The Pitt News is the Pitt News Advisory Board, which serves as publisher, and according to its Constitution, works to “advise students, support the freedom of the student press and further the educational mission of The Pitt News.” The Board is comprised of the editor in chief, the business manager, two other Pitt News employees, at least one non-Pitt News student at the University, local journalists, University journalism and business professors, and area businesspeople.
[edit] History
Started in the late 19th century as a quarterly literary magazine, The Courant is the earliest traceable ancestor of The Pitt News. By 1910, it had morphed into a weekly student newspaper called The Pitt Weekly. Gradually, the paper began adding days to its production schedule. By the 1970s it was a business daily (Mon-Fri) paper. The Pitt News has remained an editorially independent, student-run newspaper - funded by a student run business staff which sells ads for the paper.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Michael Chabon - Writer, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", "Wonder Boys"
- Murray Chass - Sports journalist for The New York Times; recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
- Michael Clinton - Executive vice president, chief marketing officer, and publishing director of Hearst Magazines.[1]
- Myron Cope - Color commentator for the Pittsburgh Steelers
