Pulaski News

The Pulaski News is a bi-weekly student-operated non-profit newspaper in Pulaski, Wisconsin, with a circulation of approximately 3,000. It was started in 1942.[1] It reaches residents of not only Pulaski, but also of other communities in the area. The editor-in-chief and all staff members are high school students.

Brief history

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the village's only newspaper went out of business, important public notices were tacked on a bulletin board in a drugstore. Some residents bought newspapers from nearby communities, but these papers published little about Pulaski. It is also the oldest running student-led paper in the nation.

Then, in 1942, students at Pulaski High School turned the school newspaper, Pulaski High News, into the Pulaski News, and students began reporting on news from the community.

Development

The Pulaski News began as a four-page tabloid, published fortnightly. It later became a weekly publication of eight pages. Beginning with only a handful of subscribers, by 1958 there were 2,000 subscribers. Today, over 50 years later, the newspaper has an average of 32 pages per issue, and a circulation of over 3,000.

Awards[2]

The Pulaski News has received a number of awards and recognitions since its establishment, including:

References

  1. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85041335/
  2. "Awards". Pulaski News. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

External links

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