The Queen's Journal

Infobox Newspaper
name =
type = Twice weekly newspaper
format = Compact
owners = Alma Mater Society
foundation = 1873
political = Student
headquarters = University
website = [http://www.queensjournal.ca]

"The Queen's Journal", or simply "The Journal", is the main student-run newspaper at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. It was established in 1873, making it one of the oldest student newspapers in Canada. It is as old as the "Harvard Crimson", the oldest continuously published student newspaper in the United States. "The Journal" is published twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The paper maintains a friendly rivalry with the humour paper on campus, "Golden Words". This is best exemplified by the annual publication of a fake edition of "The Journal", containing outlandish stories, by Golden Words.

The publication is an editorially autonomous paper, guaranteed by the Alma Mater Society, its Constitution, and its Corporate By-laws.

Alumni

Journal alumni can often be found working for many of Canada's major newspapers and media outlets. Notable names include Jeffrey Simpson, Robertson Davies, former "Toronto Star" editor-in-chief Giles Gherson, "Ottawa Citizen" editor-in-chief Scott Anderson, and The Globe and Mail's "Report on Business" Editor John Stackhouse (Globe and Mail).

ee also

Golden Words

Student newspaper

Alma Mater Society

CFRC-FM

External links

* [http://www.queensjournal.ca/ Official site]