- Fairfield Mirror
Infobox Student Newspaper
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name = "The Fairfield Mirror"
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school =Fairfield University
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nickname = "The Mirror"
type =College newspaper
editor = Alex Gross
advisor = James Simon, Ph.D.
location =Fairfield, Connecticut
foundation =1977
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aprilfools = "The Morron"
owners = The Fairfield Mirror, Inc.
frequency = Weekly
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circulation = 4,000
format =Berliner
printer = Turley Publications
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address = 1073 North Benson Road
BCC Room 104Fairfield, CT 06430
website = [http://www.fairfieldmirror.com www.fairfieldmirror.com]"The Fairfield Mirror" (or "The Mirror") is the independent student newspaper of
Fairfield University inFairfield, Connecticut . The Mirror staff has won numerous Excellence in Journalism Awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists.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.
History
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.
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. [ [http://www.fairfield.edu/cc_june07.html#mirror Campus Currents :: June 2007] ]
*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. [ [http://www.ctspj.org/2008ContestWinners.pdf WINNERS 2007 EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM CONTEST] ]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...
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.
External links
* [http://www.fairfieldmirror.com/ The Mirror]
* [http://mirrorsports.blogspot.com/ The Mirror Sports Blog]
* [http://www.fairfield.edu/eng_journoverview.html Journalism at Fairfield University]References
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