Washington Square News
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The Washington Square News is the daily student newspaper
of New York University
and serves the NYU, Greenwich Village
, and East Village
communities. The paper, better known as WSN, has a circulation of 10,000 and an estimated 65,000 readers online. It is published Monday through Thursday during the fall and spring semesters and online on Friday, with additional issues published in the summer.
WSN is run solely by NYU students, with the paper's senior staff composed of undergraduates. Its offices are located at 838 Broadway.
The paper is editorially independent from the university and is solely responsible in selling advertisements to fund its production.
The term for the position of editor-in-chief is one calendar year, beginning in the spring semester and ending in the fall semester. The term for all other editorial positions is one semester. The editor-in-chief for the 2011 calendar year is Jaywon Choe.
campus in the Bronx had published the Heights Daily News, while the Washington Square
campus in Lower Manhattan
originally published the Washington Square Bulletin.
In 2000, WSN launched its website nyunews.com.
Washington Square News won an Associated Collegiate Press
Pacemaker award
in 2004, that same year it was awarded the title of Overall Best Newspaper.
In 2003, the paper won seven first-place awards in the Division 1 "Better College Newspaper Contest" of the New York State Press Association.
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
of New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and serves the NYU, Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, and East Village
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
communities. The paper, better known as WSN, has a circulation of 10,000 and an estimated 65,000 readers online. It is published Monday through Thursday during the fall and spring semesters and online on Friday, with additional issues published in the summer.
WSN is run solely by NYU students, with the paper's senior staff composed of undergraduates. Its offices are located at 838 Broadway.
The paper is editorially independent from the university and is solely responsible in selling advertisements to fund its production.
The term for the position of editor-in-chief is one calendar year, beginning in the spring semester and ending in the fall semester. The term for all other editorial positions is one semester. The editor-in-chief for the 2011 calendar year is Jaywon Choe.
History
The newspaper was born in 1973 as the result of NYU's merging of their two campuses: the University HeightsUniversity Heights, Bronx
University Heights is a residential neighborhood of the West Bronx in New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 5 and Bronx Community Board 7. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: West 190th Street to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, West...
campus in the Bronx had published the Heights Daily News, while the Washington Square
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's 1,900 public parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity...
campus in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
originally published the Washington Square Bulletin.
In 2000, WSN launched its website nyunews.com.
Awards
In 2009, reporters Marc Beja and Adam Playford (Editor-in-Chief, 2008) won 1st place in the category of "Best News Story" from the New York State Press Association and National Winner in the category of "In-depth reporting" from the Society of Professional Journalists. At the same time Alvin Chang (Editor-in-Chief, 2007) won best columnist.Washington Square News won an Associated Collegiate Press
Associated Collegiate Press
The Associated Collegiate Press is the largest and oldest national membership organization for college student media in the United States. The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association...
Pacemaker award
National Pacemaker Awards
The National Pacemaker Awards are awards for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927. The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism."The National Scholastic...
in 2004, that same year it was awarded the title of Overall Best Newspaper.
In 2003, the paper won seven first-place awards in the Division 1 "Better College Newspaper Contest" of the New York State Press Association.
Notable former staff
- Renu Aldrich, Managing Director at Bear StearnsBear StearnsThe Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession...
; noted publicist - Cindy Behrman, Advertising Editor, Suddler & Hennesey; writer, Village Voice and New York Press (deceased July 22, 2008)
- Marc H. Bell, CEO of Penthouse Media Group
- Russell Berman, New York SunNew York SunThe New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
Reporter - Fred Clarke, Democratic Party communications guru; now IBM Communications Manager
- Kevin Coyle, attorney, author, actor
- Katherine CreagKatherine CreagKatherine Creag is a television news reporter for WNBC TV, News 4 New York. She reports primarily for the award-winning morning news show: Today in New York, from 4:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. She can also be seen on the Saturday and Sunday programs: Weekend Today in New York and News 4 New York at...
, television reporter, Good Day New YorkGood Day New YorkGood Day New York is a weekday morning news and entertainment feature show which airs on WNYW, the New York City flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company... - Karen Epper-Hoffman, freelance (technology and business) journalist
- Eileen "E.P." Gunn, 'Eco-Nomics' columnist, TheStreet.comTheStreet.com-History:TheStreet.com, Inc., was co-founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and Martin Peretz. It is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company is headquartered at 14 Wall Street in New York City. Its stock was made public in May 1999 under the direction of past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...
, freelance writer/editor/lecturer - Christopher Haraden, Managing Editor of The Hull Times
- Annette Heist, Producer of NPRNPRNPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
Science Friday - Gene WeingartenGene WeingartenGene Weingarten is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for both his serious and humorous work...
, Washington Post columnist; 2008, 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner - Jay Hochberg, NJPA Prize-winning political columnist turned Press Secretary; Masonic educator
- Jessica Letkemann, Editor of billboard.com
- Mark Mueller, Staff Writer, Newark Star-Ledger (shares 2005 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
) - Jon Mummolo, Washington Post Reporter
- Lindsay Noonan, Writer/Producer at CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
- Brian O'Keefe, Senior Editor of Fortune Magazine
- David E. Rovella, National Legal Editor at Bloomberg News, Attorney
- Andrew Nusca, editor, ZDNetZDNetZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic and SmartPlanet. The brand was founded on April 1, 1991 as a general interest technology portal from Ziff Davis and evolved into an enterprise IT-focused online publication owned by CNET...
, SmartPlanetSmartPlanetSmartPlanet is an online magazine that covers clean technology and information technology as it relates to healthcare, science, transportation, corporate sustainability, architecture and design... - Bradley Hope, reporter, The National (Abu Dhabi)The National (Abu Dhabi)The National is a government-owned English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi. The editor-in-chief since June 8, 2009 has been Hassan Fattah. Prior to this, and from the launch of the newspaper Martin Newland was editor-in-chief. Mubadala Development Company, an investment company...
- John "Tits" Lichman, producer, Current TVCurrent TVCurrent TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....
- Bill Bastone, editor, The Smoking GunThe Smoking GunThe Smoking Gun is a website that posts legal documents, arrest records, and police mugshots on a daily basis. The intent is to bring to the public light information that is damning, shocking, outrageous, or amazing, yet also somewhat obscure or unreported by more mainstream media sources...
- Matt Buchanan, editor, GizmodoGizmodoGizmodo is a technology weblog about consumer electronics. It is part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton and is known for its up-to-date coverage of the technology industry, along with topics as broad as design; architecture; space and science....
- Scott Wenger, assistant managing editor, Daily News (New York)
- Gary He, freelance photojournalist
- Kira Peikoff, author, The Unholy Grail
- Amy Odell, editor, New York (magazine)New York (magazine)New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
See also
- Greenwich VillageGreenwich VillageGreenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
- List of New York City newspapers and magazines
- New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...