The Red and Black

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The Red and Black
The January 8, 2007 front page of The Red & Black
Type	Student newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	The Red and Black Publishing Co., Inc.
Publisher	Harry Montevideo
Editor-in-Chief	Lauren Morgan
Founded	1893
Headquarters	540 Baxter St. Athens, GA, 30605 United States

Website: redandblack.com

This article is about the collegiate student newspaper. For the novel by Stendhal, see The Red and the Black.

The Red & Black is an independent daily newspaper serving the University of Georgia (UGA) community.

Students published its first issue in tabloid format on November 24, 1893, from offices in the Academic Building on North Campus.

In the spring of 1895, the UGA faculty ordered that publication of the paper be discontinued; however, students revived the paper that fall as an independent venture with no oversight by the University. The private venture's success that Fall upset the faculty, and they took back control in January of 1896 with the Athletic Association in charge of overseeing the paper.^[1]

Published weekly, The Red and Black was the official organ of the Athletic Council from 1896 to 1928. The paper advertised athletic competitions and reported on the culture of the University.

In 1928, the paper's administration moved under the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication as a laboratory for its students. It was being published semiweekly in 1968 when it changed to a broadsheet format and moved its offices to the new journalism building on campus.

In 1980, after numerous run-ins with the University's administrators, The Red & Black became independent of the University a second time, left to support itself through advertising. Its office moved off-campus, and its publication was directed by volunteer staff and student writers. In 1991, publication was expanded from four to five days a week.

Today, the paper claims a circulation of over 40,000 and generally is published in one section. However, each Thursday the paper produces an "Out & About" section, chronicling the local music scene and other entertainment and variety pieces. On Fridays during football season, the paper publishes the "First & Goal" section to provide in-depth coverage of the Georgia Bulldogs football team.

[edit] References

^ Reed, Thomas Walter (ca. 1949). The Red and Black. History of the University of Georgia Chapter IX: The Administration of Chancellor Patrick H. Mell 1196-1198. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.