''The Queen's Journal'' is the main student-run newspaper at

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in Kingston,

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. The paper was founded in 1873 and has been continually publishing ever since. It is as old as ''

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'', the oldest continuously published student newspaper in the

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. ''The Journal'' is published twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 2021-22 Editors in Chief are Aysha Tabassum and Shelby Talbot. The publication is an editorially autonomous paper, guaranteed by the

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and its constitution and by-laws. The paper maintains a friendly rivalry with the campus' humour paper ''

Golden Words ''Golden Words'' is a weekly humour publication produced by students at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It claims to be the only humour weekly in Canada. The paper was founded by the Engineering Society in 1967 to giv ...

''. This is best exemplified by the annual publication, by ''Golden Words'', of a fake edition of ''The Journal'' containing outlandish stories, published roughly around April Fool’s Day — although the exact date varies and the special edition is not marked in any way. ''Journal'' alumni can often be found working for many of North America's major newspapers and media outlets. Notable names include

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; former Ottawa mayor

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; former ''

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'' editor-in-chief Giles Gherson; former ''

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'' editor-in-chief Scott Anderson; former editor-in-chief of ''

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'', John Stackhouse; former ''

'' managing editor Jane Davenport; author, academic, and former ''

'' columnist

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; novelist

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; Al Jazeera's

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; ''

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correspondent Jeffrey Kofman; and

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, author and former political columnist for ''

''.

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Queen's Journal print archives from 1873–1974
{{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Journal 1873 establishments in Ontario Newspapers published in Kingston, Ontario Publications established in 1873

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Student newspapers published in Ontario Biweekly newspapers published in Canada

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