''The Queen's Journal'' is the main student-run newspaper at

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. The paper was founded in 1873 and has been continually publishing ever since. It is as old as ''

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'', the oldest continuously published student newspaper in the

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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

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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 ''

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'' editor-in-chief Giles Gherson; former ''

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'' editor-in-chief Scott Anderson; former editor-in-chief of ''

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'', John Stackhouse; former ''

'' managing editor Jane Davenport; author, academic, and former ''

'' columnist

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; novelist

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; award-winning science journalist Terry Collins; Al Jazeera's Ali Velshi; ''

'' reporters Kristin Rushowy and Victoria Gibson; former

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correspondent Jeffrey Kofman; and

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, author and former political columnist for ''

''.

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Queen's Journal print archives from 1873–2000
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Student newspapers published in Ontario Biweekly newspapers published in Canada

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