Pluto (newspaper)
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Pluto is a student newspaper at the University of Central Lancashire
's Students' Union
.
It is usually published every fortnight
through the academic year, and began in 1985 as the Ribble Echo. The name originally stood for Preston Liberal Undergraduate Tabloid Offering. In recent years, its format has varied from newspaper to a glossy magazine. It is now printed in tabloid format with colour photography.
In 1998, Pluto was awarded Guardian 'Student Newspaper of the Year'.
In the 2005/6 academic year, Pluto's Editor, Communications Officer Mark Hudson (now with The Sun
newspaper) relaunched the organ as a fortnightly tabloid newspaper with a more upmarket pull-out supplement modelled extensively on The Guardian
' s G2, edited by Domenico Sanna and James Hoare, the latter now News Editor at extreme metal
magazine Terrorizer. Despite mostly new staff, the format was maintained under the Editor, Communications Officer Nicholas Graham Hodder.
Ironically, Pluto sometimes uses the below Masthead tagline "Furthest From The Sun?", in reference to the British national tabloid format "red top" newspaper. This was ostensibly due to The Sun
being previously banned from being sold in the Union Shop (now a Co-Op/Ess general store) because of perceived sexism of topless photography of "page 3 girls". The tag line was removed during re-launch in late autumn 2007 with a new layout, improvements in sub-editing and redesigned masthead. Pluto now has its own website that takes reader comments along with staff blogs.
Nicholas Graham Hodder, the Communications Officer for 2006/7 (and member of Central Lancashire's University Challenge 2007 team), went on to write for PC Utilities
magazine. Hodder was replaced by Ed(ward) Walker with a team of slightly expanded staff.
In 2008, the elected 'Communications Officer' role was abolished due to Student Union governance reforms. To replace it, the role of 'Media Officer' was created to enable the person in this position to concentrate entirely on student media. Elections were held in April 2008 and Andrew Squire was elected as the UCLan Student Union's first Media Officer, replacing Ed(ward) Walker as Pluto Editor. Squire is now responsible for Pluto, PR1 (the magazine inserted into Pluto), Frequency (radio station) and PS-TV (the TV station Preston Student Television).
Completing his year in office during Summer 2009, Andrew Squire was replaced by the newly elected John Crossley.
University of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
's Students' Union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
.
It is usually published every fortnight
Fortnight
The fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days, or two weeks. The word derives from the Old English fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights"....
through the academic year, and began in 1985 as the Ribble Echo. The name originally stood for Preston Liberal Undergraduate Tabloid Offering. In recent years, its format has varied from newspaper to a glossy magazine. It is now printed in tabloid format with colour photography.
In 1998, Pluto was awarded Guardian 'Student Newspaper of the Year'.
In the 2005/6 academic year, Pluto's Editor, Communications Officer Mark Hudson (now with The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper) relaunched the organ as a fortnightly tabloid newspaper with a more upmarket pull-out supplement modelled extensively on The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
magazine Terrorizer. Despite mostly new staff, the format was maintained under the Editor, Communications Officer Nicholas Graham Hodder.
Ironically, Pluto sometimes uses the below Masthead tagline "Furthest From The Sun?", in reference to the British national tabloid format "red top" newspaper. This was ostensibly due to The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
being previously banned from being sold in the Union Shop (now a Co-Op/Ess general store) because of perceived sexism of topless photography of "page 3 girls". The tag line was removed during re-launch in late autumn 2007 with a new layout, improvements in sub-editing and redesigned masthead. Pluto now has its own website that takes reader comments along with staff blogs.
Nicholas Graham Hodder, the Communications Officer for 2006/7 (and member of Central Lancashire's University Challenge 2007 team), went on to write for PC Utilities
PC Utilities
PC Utilities is a monthly computer magazine published in the UK.The magazine describes itself as "the definitive guide to free Windows software". Each issue comes with a DVD coverdisc, containing hundreds of freeware and shareware programs....
magazine. Hodder was replaced by Ed(ward) Walker with a team of slightly expanded staff.
In 2008, the elected 'Communications Officer' role was abolished due to Student Union governance reforms. To replace it, the role of 'Media Officer' was created to enable the person in this position to concentrate entirely on student media. Elections were held in April 2008 and Andrew Squire was elected as the UCLan Student Union's first Media Officer, replacing Ed(ward) Walker as Pluto Editor. Squire is now responsible for Pluto, PR1 (the magazine inserted into Pluto), Frequency (radio station) and PS-TV (the TV station Preston Student Television).
Completing his year in office during Summer 2009, Andrew Squire was replaced by the newly elected John Crossley.