''The Yale Herald'' is a newspaper run by undergraduate students at

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since 1986. A weekly, the paper aims to provide in-depth, investigative reporting, and includes personal essays, interviews, opinion pieces, culture articles, reviews, and feature coverage of campus and local events. The paper has a circulation of about 3,000 and is distributed free of charge throughout the Yale campus.

Notable alumni

Journalists

* Anne Barnard: Beirut bureau chief, ''

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: reporter, ''

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'' * Ben Greenman: novelist, staffer at ''

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'' * Ben Smith: journalist, ''The New York Times''; former editor-in-chief, ''

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'' *Jyoti Thottam: Op-Eds business and economics editor, ''The New York Times''; former South Asia bureau chief, ''

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'' * Jon Wertheim: covers sports for ''

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. *Jessica Winter: arts editor, ''Time''

Other

* Peter Beinart: senior fellow,

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* Andrew J. Gerber: Medical Director/CEO, Austen Riggs Center * Michael Gerber, founder, '' The American Bystander'' *

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: author, humorist, ''

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'' correspondent *Stephen Lange Ranzini: president/CEO, University Bank *

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: humorist, actor * Matt Matros: professional poker player *

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References

External links

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