College Tribune

College Tribune

April 2011 issue

April 2011 issue
Type student Newspaper
Format Tabloid
Editor Rachel Carey & Lauren Tracey
Founded 1989
Headquarters University College Dublin
Website collegetribune.ie

The College Tribune is a student newspaper based in University College Dublin. Established in 1989 by one of Ireland's best known print journalists, Vincent Browne, it is UCD's oldest surviving newspaper. It is currently co-edited by Rachel Carey & Lauren Tracey.

The various sections throughout the paper include news, sport, features, opinion, music, books, film, health and fashion. Volume 20 saw the introduction of a full colour entertainment supplement, The Siren.

In contrast to the majority of student newspapers, The College Tribune operates independently of college authorities and the students' union, supporting itself through advertising revenue. It is one of the four media outlets in UCD, the others being The University Observer, Belfield FM and the Campus Television Network.

It has produced a number of high-profile journalists that can be seen in the national media today. Previous editors include The Sunday Times journalist & Editor of Times Ireland Richard Oakley, Conor Lally, crime correspondent for The Irish Times, Irish Independent soccer correspondent Daniel McDonnell, Roddy O'Sullivan deputy news editor of The Irish Times, Sunday World crime journalist Eamon Dillon, Irish Daily Mail political correspondent Jennifer Bray, RTE radio producer Sarah Binchy, Metro Ireland editor Alan Caulfield, Irish Times journalists Colin Gleeson and Peter McGuire, and brothers Gary and Fergus O'Shea, both now in The Sun, who were editors in 1996–97 and 2001–02 respectively.

Other past contributors include Kate Hayes, a TV producer for the BBC, Dave Kelly, now chief sports analysis writer with the Irish Independent, Blathnaid Healy, editor of Mashable, Ruaidhri O'Connor, rugby correspondent with the Irish Independent, author Paul Lynch and Katherine Smyth, a former associate producer with BBC Current Affairs. The College Tribune was tied to the national Sunday Tribune through its connections with Vincent Browne, but such links ended in 1999. The Tribune has also been distinguished on several occasions at national student media awards, particularly in sports writing, where it has a strong tradition. The paper won the Student Newspaper of the Year at the first USI/Irish Independent media awards in 1996. Editor at the time Conor Lally was also named as Student Journalist of the Year in 1996. Tribune stalwart Peter Lahiff was a recipient of a Guardian Award for Diversity in 2003.

In January 2011 the newspaper launched its new website, www.collegetribune.ie .

The Tribune is famous for the launch of the satirical page The Evil Gerald, a "paper within a paper". The Gerald was succeeded by The Turbine in 2003, and they have featured such satirical stories as the Provisional IRA dropping its pursuit of a United Ireland in favour of occupation of the Isle of Man, and Osama bin Laden stealing the Magic Door from Bosco, which allowed him access to anywhere in the world.

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