Fairfield Mirror
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| Type | College newspaper | |||||
| Editor(s) | Alex Gross | |||||
| Advisor(s) | James Simon, Ph.D. | |||||
| Location | Fairfield, Connecticut | |||||
| Founded | 1977 | |||||
| Mock edition(s) | The Morron | |||||
| Owner | The Fairfield Mirror, Inc. | |||||
| Frequency | Weekly | |||||
| Circulation | 4,000 | |||||
| Format | Berliner | |||||
| Printer | Turley Publications | |||||
| Mailing address | 1073 North Benson Road BCC Room 104 Fairfield, CT 06430 |
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| Web address | www.fairfieldmirror.com | |||||
The Fairfield Mirror (or The Mirror) is the independent student newspaper of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. The Mirror staff has won numerous Excellence in Journalism Awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.
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[edit] Circulation and distribution
The Mirror is distributed at Fairfield University on Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters. While the print circulation is limited to 4,000 copies, tens of thousands of alumni, parents, and other members of the university community read the Web edition on a regular basis.
Since 2005, The Mirror has been printed weekly by Turley Publications of Palmer, MA, a boutique printing press serving local and college newspapers.
[edit] History
[edit] Brief overview
The students of Fairfield University founded and published the first edition of The Mirror in 1977. The newspaper was founded after the merging of two prior publications: one produced under the supervision of the University (The Voice), and one published independently (The Free Press and Review).
The online edition was founded in 2000, and it was the first partner to have a signed contract with the now ubiquitous College Publisher network of online student newspapers.
The Mirror incorporated full-process color in the print edition for the first time in the early '00s.
Dr. James Simon has been the adviser of The Mirror since 1998.
[edit] Excellence in Journalism Awards
- In 2007, six Mirror staff writers won ten collegiate journalism awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists including four first place awards for editorial writing, general column writing, sport story writing and sports photography.[1]
- In 2008, seven Mirror staff writers won nine collegiate journalism awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists including four first place awards for editorial writing, general column writing, sport story writing and sports photography.[2]
[edit] Interviews
Over the years, The Mirror has landed interviews with many well-known entertainers, politicians, celebrities, and other notable figures in American pop-culture. More recently, they include...
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[edit] The Thomas Moore Letter
In 1984, Editor in Chief Thomas Moore saved the newspaper from a threatened permanent cancellation stemming from an April Fool's prank that offended many on campus. The item, published in what was at that time the annual lampoon edition called "The Morron," sarcastically alleged that a female member of the board of trustees had solicited students in Jogues Hall (then called Northwest). It had been inserted by an editor, apparently with no other staff members having approved its inclusion prior to publication. When the administration reacted by canceling its subscription to The Mirror newly-appointed EIC Thomas Moore submitted a letter to the administration promising better oversight for the paper and outlining definitive protocols in an effort to prevent another misstep. The Mirror's subscription was restored and the practices established by Moore continue to this day, as every successive Editor in Chief must agree to the terms of the letter by means of a signed contract with the student affairs division.
[edit] People
[edit] 2007-08 Mirror Staff
| Name | Position |
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| Stephanie Lauto | Editor in Chief |
| Christina Stoddard | Executive Editor |
| Jessica Mitchell | Managing Editor |
| Alex Gross | Asst. Managing Editor |
| Ali Bart | News Editor |
| Katherine McGann | Associate News Editor |
| JP Poretta | Entertainment Editor |
| Andrew Chapin | Commentary Editor |
| Leslie Almeida | Campus Life Editor |
| Thomas Cleary | Sports Editor |
| Katie McCarthy, Lorraine Lampe, Elyse Raby | Photo Editors |
| Katie Barry | Staff Writer |
[edit] Past Mirror Editors in Chief
| Name | Year |
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| Alex Gross | 2008-2009 |
| Steph Lauto | 2007-2008 |
| Ben Doody | Spring 2007 |
| Ryan Blair | Fall 2006 |
| Tara E. Lynch | 2005-2006 |
| Steven M. Andrews | 2004-2005 |
| Ethan Fry | 2003-2004 |
| Sean Hayes | 2002-2003 |
| Frank Washkuch | 2001-2002 |
| Paul Pennelli | 2000-2001 |
| Joe DeVito | 1989-1990 |
[edit] Production
Weekly Routine
The Mirror staff meets weekly on Thursdays at 6pm in the office to discuss the week's issue and to plan stories for the following week.
Until October 2007, The Mirror had been produced (completion of all copy editing, layout, and pre-press processing) on Tuesday nights beginning around 5pm and concluding as late as 6am Wednesday morning, the printer's deadline for timely delivery. That month, having found difficulty completing the pages on time due to unprecedentedly large page counts, the staff split production between Monday and Tuesday nights. Managing editors mandated that section editors complete 90% of their pages before leaving on Monday, leaving only last minute photos and deadline stories for addition on Tuesday nights.
When the staff finishes the paper on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the Editor in Chief transmits the page files via File Transfer Protocol to the printing press more than 100 miles away in Palmer, MA.
Pages are burned onto plates almost immediately and the press run of 4,000 lasts for about a half hour. The finished papers are delivered to the Barone Campus Center loading dock by noon on Wednesday, sometimes less than six hours after file transmission.
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| Layout & Design | Adobe Indesign CS2 |
| Photo Editing | Adobe Photoshop CS2 |
| Computing Platform | Mac OS X |
| Page Size | 11" x 17" (since Jan '07) |
| Color | Full Process on two plates (8 pages of full color, in layman's terms) |
| Advertising | 30-40% of page count |
| Average Page Count | 24 |
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