UWO Gazette
Type | Twice weekly student newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | The University Students' Council |
Publisher | The University Students' Council |
Editor | Collective |
Founded | 1906 |
Language | English |
Headquarters |
Room 263 of the University Community Centre London, Ontario N6A 3K7Canada |
Circulation | 10,000 (per issue) |
Website | westerngazette.ca |
The Gazette is the student newspaper at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada and it is owned and published by the University Students' Council. The Gazette publishes online daily, in print Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a magazine twice a semester during the fall and winter semesters.
History
The Gazette began in 1906 as a hand-written literature newspaper called In Cap And Gown. The paper was not actually produced in newsprint until 1908. The Gazette adopted its current name in 1930.
The Gazette moved from weekly to twice per week in 1948. It started publishing four times a week in 1991 and returned to the twice-weekly format in 2015. The paper's large staff (three full-time supervising editors, 20 section editors and dozens of volunteers, plus a full-time advertising and composing department) makes this publication schedule possible.
Editorial Board
The editorial board is made of volunteer students and full-time staff. The Editor-in-Chief, Digital Managing Editor and Print Managing Editor are full-time salaried employees, usually recent graduates. The remaining editors are full-time students who volunteer and receive an honorarium per issue published. There are typically 22 to 24 editors in total.
Editors-in-Chief: Past and Present
- Iain Boekhoff, 2015/16
- Iain Boekhoff, 2014/15
- Julian Uzielli, 2013/14
- Gloria Dickie, 2012/13
- Jesse Tahirali, 2011/12
- Stuart A. Thompson, 2010/11
- Ryan Hendrick, 2009/10
- Ravi Amarnath, 2008/09
- Allison Buchan-Terrell, 2007/08
- Ian Van Den Hurk, 2006/07
- Mark Polishuk, 2005/06
- Megan O'Toole, 2004/05
- Emmett Macfarlane, 2003/04
- Chris Lackner, 2002/03
- Aaron Wherry, 2001/02
- Paul Mark Rendon, 2000/01
- Sabrina Carinci, 1999/00
- Brendan Howe, 1998/99
- Karina Walter, 1997/98
- Jason Menard, 1996/97
- Gillian Livingstone, 1995/96
- Jeremy Barker, 1994/95
- James McCarten, 1993/94
- Elliotte Friedman, 1992/93
- Scott Feschuk, 1991/92
- Scott Feschuk, 1990/91
- Mike Martin, 1989/90
- Scott Colby, 1988/89
- Dave Kilgour, 1987/88
- Graeme Hamilton, 1986/87
- Murray Oxby, 1985/86
- Kevin Donovan, 1984/85
- Justin Smallbridge, 1983/84
Alumni
Gazette alumni can be found working for several of Canada's major newspapers and media outlets. Notable media names include:
- CTV news broadcaster Kevin Newman
- CBC's Elliotte Friedman
- Maclean's columnist Paul Wells
- Maclean's columnist Aaron Wherry
- Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan
- Toronto Star senior writer Susan Delacourt, winner of the 2011 Charles Lynch Award
- Author, National Post columnist and Maclean's columnist Scott Feschuk
- Executive television producer for CHCH News John McKenna
- Sportsnet.ca columnist Stephen Brunt
- Associate Sports Editor for Yahoo! Canada Ian Denomme
- Actor Alan Thicke
- Author Joan Barfoot
- CBC Radio host Carol Off
- VICE Motherboard reporter Kaleigh Rogers
- Former CP24 anchor Justin Smallbridge.
- The Wall Street Journal director of interactive graphics Stuart A. Thompson
- Sportsnet Magazine staff writer Arden Zwelling
- National Post news reporter Megan O'Toole