''The Spinnaker'' is the official student magazine, 24/7 website, radio station, and TV station of the

University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public research university in Jacksonville, Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Sc ...

(UNF). The first issue of the magazine/newspaper was published August 17, 1977. The newspaper is published on a weekly basis during the school year, with new issues roughly once a month in the summer. Issues are distributed free around campus and are available in full form on The Spinnaker's website. It is the third student newspaper in the university's history. The first newspaper on campus for students began as ''The Halyard'' and ran from 1974-1976. It was followed by ''The Phoenix'' (1976–1977) and ''The Spinnaker'' (1977–present). The Spinnaker office is located in UNF's Student Union.

Current or former members

* Ethan Mclaughlin *Kaitlyn Bowers *Nathan Turoff

Awards

In 2005, ''The Spinnaker'' won a "Best of Show" award at the Associated Collegiate Press's National College Media Convention in Kansas City,

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, for the Number 1 paper among four-year weekly tabloid-size student newspapers in the country. In 2009, the paper was named the 2nd best Florida college newspaper, and won Best Front Page Design and Best General News Writing award from the Florida College Press Association. In 2010 it received a

Pacemaker Award 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 ...

.2010 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners
. studentpress.org. Retrieved November 5, 2010.

References

External links

The Spinnaker

Official Twitter
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