Content
The Cord currently features the following sections in print: News (Campus and Local), Sports, Arts & Life, Features, Opinion, classifieds, and letters to the editor. The paper's local content has expanded in recent years to cover regional news including elections and other events in the Waterloo community. The Cord also publishes online videos and multimedia sequences for the student community. Additionally, the website is updated on a frequent basis with news happening between the weekly print issue. In 2011, The Cord made the decision to remove its World section from print due to a lack of student reader interest. In 2014, The Cord began removing the National section from print, only writing about national stories when relevant. In 2015, In-Depth was merged with Features to get rid of the stigma associated with "light-hearted" feature pieces. Changes continued as The Cord was forced to compete with other papers. Campus and Local merged to create one strong news section and the online content grew two-fold while the print product decreased to a maximum of 16 pages.Awards and recognition
The Cord has been applauded by many in the news industry for its commitment to professionalism as well as its clean and modern design. In 2010 and 2011, The Cord received second place honours by the Canadian Community News Association awards for Best Campus Newspaper. The Cord also won the award for Best Campus Photography (Nicholas Lachance). At the 2011 Canadian University Press national conference, sports editor Justin Fauteux received a John H. MacDonald (Johnny) award for excellence in sports writing for his piece, "The psychology of sport injury."Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications
Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications (or WLUSP) is a volunteer-based organization that collects fees from undergraduate students and publishes various media. It became a non-profit corporation in 1970; until then, its functions had been fulfilled under the direction of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union. WLUSP is governed by an elected President and Board of Directors along with a hired long-term Executive Director. Volunteers for management-level positions are all hired, but only a few positions, such as ''The Cord'' Editor-in-Chief, "Radio Laurier" Station Manager, "The Community Edition" Editor-in-Chief and the WLUSP President, are salaried. The organization publishes ''The Cord,'' the university's newspaper. It also produces: "The Community Edition," Waterloo Region's community monthly; ''Blueprint Magazine,'' Wilfrid Laurier's student arts magazine; "Keystone" and "Carnegie," Wilfrid Laurier University's yearbooks for the Waterloo and Brantford campuses; ''The WLU'er,'' a student planner, ''The Sputnik,'' Laurier Brantford's official student newspaper,Important events
*1926 - ''The Cord Weekly'' is founded as Laurier's official student newspaper. *1991 - ''The Cord Weekly'' gains national media attention after the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union locks WLUSP's office doors because of an article discussing the details of homosexual sex. As a result, WLUSP successfully campaigns to gain administrative control over its student fees. *2009 - ''The Cord Weekly'' changes its name to ''The Cord'' to better represent its publication. *2014- The Cord went through another print design to be more modern and accessible to students *2015- The Cord lowered its overall print distribution to put more resources toward thecord.caSee also
* List of student newspapers in Canada *References
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