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Trinity News
Front page from an October 2007 edition
School Trinity College, Dublin Slogan Dublin University's Independent Student Newspaper
Information
Editor(s)	Martin McKenna
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Founded	1953[1]
Frequency	Fortnightly
Price	Free of charge
Circulation	8000
Format	Broadsheet
Printer	Midland Print Ltd
Awards	Newspaper/Editor/Journalist/Sports Writer of the Year, Irish Student Media Awards 2008
Mailing address	6 Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland[2]
Web address	http://www.trinitynews.ie

Trinity News is the student newspaper of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, and is the oldest student newspaper in Ireland. It is an independent newspaper which reports on the news and views of the students and staff of Dublin University. The date of the foundation of the newspaper is disputed^{[citation needed]}, but it first entered regular publication in 1953 and this is the date listed in the official College records^[1]. It is using this date as the first volume that the volume numbers are currently derived.

The publication has strong links with national and international media with many alumni progressing to senior positions in this field.^{[citation needed]} It has also received recognition both nationally and internationally as the premier student newspaper in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Production 2 Coverage and editorial stance 3 Notable past stories 4 Awards 5 Editors 6 Notable Alumni 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Production

Over the years, Trinity News has appeared in many formats including broadsheet and tabloid; as of 2008 it is a broadsheet which publishes on a fortnightly basis during term time. The newspaper is produced exclusively by students of the University under the direction of a student Editor on sabbatical from his or her studies. This Editor must be a fully registered student in good standing at the time of his or her election; if subsequent to this the Editor elect finishes his or her studies, it has been the practice to allow a period of grace for them to see out that print run as Editor.

The newspaper is produced on industry standard hardware and software provided by the Dublin University Publications Committee. It is currently printed by Midlands Printing, who also print the Financial Times and the Midland Tribune. The print run is 8,000 copies for each issue, which are distributed around Trinity College, various other city centre locations, Froebel College and Marino College. A limited number of copies are also distributed by post to alumni and friends of the newspaper.

[edit] Coverage and editorial stance

The range of topics covered in Trinity News varies from year to year according to the differing attitudes of its student editors. Generally it contains college news and sport as well as a variety of comment and feature material.^[2] In recent years it has been accompanied by an lifestyle supplement which has been known variously as Trinity News Two, TNT and TN2.^[2] This covers music, film, theatre and other areas of student entertainment.

In addition to advertising revenue, Trinity News is funded in part by a grant from Trinity College, Dublin, but claims full editorial independence. This can be seen in the regularity of news and comment highly critical of the College Administration.^{[citation needed]} There has been no evidence to date of the College successfully exercising undue editorial influence over the newspaper.^{[citation needed]} The independent position of the newspaper is often established by contrasting it with its rival publication, the University Record, which is produced to represent the viewpoint of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union.

[edit] Notable past stories

In October 2005, a story published in Trinity News revealed that the American air force was funding a research program in Trinity College. This story caused controversy among students and was reported on in the national press.^{[citation needed]} It was also raised during question time in the Dáil. In a statement following the story the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, Dr John Hegarty, confirmed that he had not known of the source of the funding prior to reading it in Trinity News.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Awards

In recent times Trinity News has won many accolades in the Irish Student Media Awards including Newspaper of the Year, Editor of the Year and Journalist of the Year. Below are the awards currently held by Trinity News and staff^[3]:

• Newspaper of the Year 2008 - Trinity News
• Editor of the Year 2008 - Gearoid O'Rourke (Editor)
• Journalist of the Year 2008 - Gearoid O'Rourke (Editor)
• Sports Writer of the Year 2008 - Eoin Fleck ((Deputy Sports Editor))

[edit] Editors

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• 1999/2000 Eoghan Williams
• 2000/2001 Ruadhan MacCormaic
• 2001/2002 Carl Whyte
• 2002/2003 Ian Boyle
• 2003/04 Renata McDonnell
• 2004/05 Ian Carey
• 2005/06 Andrew Payne
• 2006/07 Peter Henry
• 2007/08 Gearoid O'Rourke ^[4]
• 2008/09 Martin McKenna

[edit] Notable Alumni

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• Douglas Gageby (Long time editor of the Irish Times)^{[citation needed]}
• Ed Mulhall (Head of News and Current Affairs, RTÉ)
• Hamish McRae (Columnist, The Independent)^{[citation needed]}
• Peter Murtagh (Managing Editor, The Irish Times)^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Little (Prime Time presenter, RTÉ)
• Trevor Butterworth (Journalist, Financial Times + Washington Post)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Trinity News - official website
• Trinity College, Dublin - official website