Roar! Newspaper
| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | King's College London Students' Union |
| Publisher | Mortons Print Ltd. |
| Editor | Ben Jackson |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Political alignment | Centre |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Chesham Building, King's College London, Strand, London |
| Circulation | 1,000 |
| Official website | http://www.roarnews.co.uk |
Roar! is the student newspaper of King's College London. It has existed in various incarnations since the 1973, but in 1992 its name was changed from 'Casey L' to Roar! - named after the university's mascot, Reggie the lion.
Roar! has existed in various formats, as a magazine, then a tabloid newspaper. It was turned into a full colour, glossy magazine in 2006 but has since been re-branded as a tabloid, borrowing the style of The Sun and The Mirror Newspapers in both its layout and article styles. It once fell under complete editorial control of the Vice President Media and Publications, Vice President Communications and Vice President Student Media and Engagement, with shifts in the nature of its editorial independence, but in 2010 a student editor was appointed under the guise of the then Vice President Student Media and Engagement, Natasha Wynarczyk.
Roar! is currently a monthly publication with student news, societies news, comment and feature articles, cultural reviews and sports news.
The current Vice President Representation and Communication is Anthony Shaw, and the student editor is Ben Jackson.
Former editors, writers and photographers now work for national news outlets such as The Sun, The Daily Mail, Time Out Magazine, The Times and Sky.
Notable stories have included 'MC Hammered' - a front page critique of the then President Mike Champion, an article about the toilets at the Strand Campus being used for cottaging (which was later pulled) and an article about KCL using money to fund the arms trade.
Recently Roar! broke the news of a secret elite men's dining club at the university and campaigned for the removal of Lord Carey from the Strand Campus windows of alumni for controversial comments about same sex marriage at a Conservative fringe conference in 2012.
For the 2013/14 academic year, Roar! has introduced a culture pullout, Rated R., which will report on fashion, film, music and arts. The newspaper is also working towards the production of a tablet edition.
Editors
Committee (1987-1988; Buzzard, the official KQCSU Newspaper)
Anthony Evans (1989-1990)
Howard Dawber (1990; acting editor)
Catherine Todd (1990-1991)
Greg Vincent (1991; acting editor)
Nick Haymonds (1991-1992; acting editor)
Viqar Ahmad (1992-1993)
Charlie Porter and Sacha Ackland (1993; co-editors)
Alister Morgan (1993-1994)
Andrea Hotter (1994-1995)
Leanne Lucas (1997)
Michelle Robertson (1997-1998)
Heather Tomlinson (1999-2000)
Daniel Davies (2000-2001)
Ralph Redfern (2002-2003)
Alexi Duggins (2003-2004)
Samantha Williams (2004-2005; KCLSU News)
Peter Ellender (2004-2005)
Greg Funnell, Lauren Thompson and Andrew Wander (2005-2006; managing editors)
Ronan Popert (2006-2007)
Peter Ellender (2007-2009)
Natasha Wynarczyk (2009-2010)
Matt Quinton (2010-2011)
Zoe Tipler (2011-2012)
Laura Frater (2012)
Ben Jackson (2012-2013)