The Carroll News

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The Carroll News
TypeWeekly student newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)John Carroll University
EditorLaken Kincaid [1]
Founded1925
Headquarters John Carroll University Lombardo Student Center
Website www.carrollnews.org

The Carroll News is the student-run, co-curricular newspaper at John Carroll University, in University Heights, Ohio. It is published weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Carroll News was first published in 1925 covering John Carroll University and St. Ignatius High School. However, once the high school founded its own newspaper in 1927, The Carroll News began covering only the University. [2]

Contents

The paper has seven sections, Campus, Arts & Life, Sports, World News, Business, Editorial and Op/Ed, and Diversions.

Awards

In 2005 and 2006, The Carroll News was named the nation's best weekly newspaper in overall excellence by the Society of Collegiate Journalists, the oldest national honorary collegiate journalism organization.

In 2006, the newspaper won 13 national and regional awards, the most in the paper's 80-year history. [3]

In 2007, The Carroll News was named second-best overall paper in Region 4 (Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania) by the Society of Professional Journalists. Three staffers also won individual awards.

In 2020, The Carroll News was named the best overall college paper affiliated with its school in Region 4 by the Society of Professional Journalists. [4]


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References

  1. "Laken Kincaid selected editor-in-chief of The Carroll News". May 5, 2022. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. "The Carroll News | Student | John Carroll University". collected.jcu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. John Carroll University Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. SPJ. "Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards winners announced". www.spj.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.