''The Queen's Journal'' is the main
student-run newspaper at
Queen's University at Kingston
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in
Kingston
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Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
,
Ontario
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. The paper was founded in 1873 and has been continually publishing ever since. It is as old as ''
The Harvard Crimson
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His ...
'', the oldest continuously published student newspaper in the
United States
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. ''The Journal'' is published twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 2024-25 Editors in Chief are Skylar Soroka and Allie Moustakis. The publication is an editorially autonomous paper, guaranteed by the
Alma Mater Society of Queen's University
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'', an upcoming film by Sally Potter
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
* ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017
* ''Alma'' ( ...
and its constitution and by-laws.
The paper maintains a friendly rivalry with the campus' humour paper ''
Golden Words''. 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
Adam Shortt; former Ottawa mayor
Charlotte Whitton; former ''
Toronto Star
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...
'' editor-in-chief
Giles Gherson; former ''
Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...
'' editor-in-chief Scott Anderson; former editor-in-chief of ''
The Globe and Mail
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'',
John Stackhouse; former ''
Toronto Star
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'' managing editor Jane Davenport; author, academic, and former ''
Toronto Star
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'' columnist
James Laxer
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; novelist
Robertson Davies
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; award-winning science journalist Terry Collins;
Al Jazeera's
Ali Velshi; ''
Toronto Star
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'' reporters Kristin Rushowy and Victoria Gibson; former
ABC News ABC News most commonly refers to:
* ABC News (Australia), a national news service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* ABC News (United States), a news-gathering and broadcasting division of the American Broadcasting Company
ABC News may a ...
correspondent
Jeffrey Kofman; and
Jeffrey Simpson
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, author and former political columnist for ''
The Globe and Mail
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''.
See also
*
CFRC-FM
CFRC-FM (101.9 MHz) is the non-commercial campus radio station at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The station has one of the longest radio histories in Canada, with experimental broadcasts dating back to 1922 and serves Queen's ...
*
List of newspapers in Canada
This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers
Local weeklies Alberta
* Bashaw – ''Bashaw Star''
* Bassano – ''Bassano Times''
* Beaumont – ''Beaumont News''
* Beaverlodg ...
*
List of student newspapers in Canada
This is a list of post secondary Canadian student newspapers, listed by province.
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
See a ...
References
External links
*
Queen's Journal print archives from 1873–2000
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1873 establishments in Ontario
Newspapers published in Kingston, Ontario
Newspapers established in 1873
Journal
A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to:
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*Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...
Student newspapers published in Ontario
Biweekly newspapers published in Canada