Roar News

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Roar News
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TypeQuarterly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) King's College London Students' Union
PublisherReach Printing Services
Founded1973
Political alignmentNone
HeadquartersBush House South East Wing, King's College London, Strand, London
Circulation 4,000
Website roarnews.co.uk

Roar News is the student newspaper of King's College London. It is editorially independent of both the university and the students' union.

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Roar has existed in various incarnations since 1973, but in 1992 its name was changed from Casey L to Roar News - named after the university's mascot, Reggie the lion. Roar prints four times a year, spending most of its energy on bringing students and staff up-to-the-minute news online.

Former editors, writers and photographers now work for national news outlets such as The Sun , Press Association , The Independent, TheDaily Mail, Time Out Magazine, The Times, Sky and Thomson Reuters .

Roar is also a multi-award winning student newspaper being consistently recognised by the Student Publication Association (SPA). In 2023, they won Best Publication in London and were Highly Commended for Best Publication in the UK.

History

Since its founding in 1973, Roar has existed in various formats, as a magazine, then a tabloid newspaper. It was turned into a full colour, glossy magazine in 2006 but has since been re-branded as a tabloid, borrowing the style of The Sun and The Mirror newspapers in its layout. [1]

It once fell under complete editorial control of the vice-president Media and Publications, vice-president Communications and vice-president Student Media and Engagement, with shifts in the nature of its editorial independence, but in 2010 a student editor was appointed.[ citation needed ]

The correct version of the newspaper's full name is Roar News, although it is typically shortened to Roar. The newspaper's name has changed the punctuation and style many times over the years which often leads to it wrongly being called 'ROAR', 'ROAR!' or 'Roar!'.

An archive of Roar's Print Editions can be found on Issuu. [2]

Content and Structure

Roar operates both in physical print and online, where it publishes multiple times a day during the academic year. The newspaper has four sections: News, Comment, Culture and Sports. News typically includes student-centred content on issues such as teacher strikes, drink spiking, tuition fees and mental health. Comment, on the other hand, features student opinions on national and international events. The Culture section reviews student productions, films and more. This includes Roar's satire column, "The King's Jester", ran in partnership with the KCL Comedy Club. [3]

The Sports section is wide-ranging, covering both student sporting competitions and international tournaments. A key focus of the Sports section is extensive reporting on the annual London Varsity sports fixtures between King's College and University College London (UCL). [4]

Print Editions are published around three to four times per year. Publication dates have been variable but a September "Freshers" Print Edition has been a regular feature for new King's College London students. Newspapers are distributed across King's campuses, including Strand, Guy's and Waterloo. During the Covid-19 pandemic, as many students were studying from home, Roar published virtual "print" editions online.

Online publication is frequent with writers sometimes releasing articles around two or three times a day. Breaking news is typically published on the website too. In recent years, the newspaper has expanded their multimedia content too. Many of their interviews are published in video-format on YouTube and Instagram. They also run Podcasts, "RoarCast" and "Manestream Media", [5] where they host discussions with King's College London alumni (including Members of Parliament), student societies and university staff.

Notable Stories & Campaigns


Awards

Editorial Team

Roar's editorial team changes annually. The administrative team, consisting of the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor(s)-in-chief, select new section editors each year. This process is independent from the KCLSU.

Each section has at least two editors responsible for overseeing a large team of writers. Sections regularly collaborate with each other to produce joint articles, record podcasts or cover major student events.

Editor-in-ChiefTerm
Tara SaghalAugust 2019 - March 2021
Marino Unger-VernaMarch 2021 - March 2022
Ishaan RahmanMarch 2022 - March 2023
Fintan HoganMarch 2023 - Present

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