The ''San Francisco Foghorn'' is the official student newspaper of the

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. The newspaper was founded in 1903 as ''The Saint Ignatius''. It changed its name to the ''San Francisco Foghorn'' in August 1928, and is one of the oldest collegiate newspapers on the West Coast. The ''Foghorn'' has continuously run weekly issues every semester. It has a readership of 5,000 and is distributed free on campus. In 2004 it was ranked 14th in collegiate newspapers in the nation by ''

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''. The Foghorn Online Edition was started in 1995. Among the notable USF alumni who wrote for the ''Foghorn'' were

Pierre Salinger Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth press secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served ...

, former press secretary for President

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;

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, publisher of ''

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''; cartoonist

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; president of Bleacher Report Rory Brown;

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, author, professor, and

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state librarian emeritus.

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