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The Temple News

About The Temple News

The Temple News (TTN) is the editorially independent weekly newspaper of Temple University. It prints 10,000 copies that are distributed primarily on Temple's Main Campus every Tuesday. A staff of 25, supported by more than 150 writers, is responsible for designing, reporting and editing the paper. Increasingly, TTN is supplementing its weekly print product with breaking news and online-only content on its Web site. In September 2007, TTN launched Broad & Cecil, its own blog community.

In 2009, the paper's staff won eight Keystone Press Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. In November 2008, the paper's Web site, temple-news.com, was honored with the 2008 National Online Pacemaker Award, and has also won the print counterpart, a National Pacemaker Award, both awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Pacemaker award is considered to be the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism.

The Temple News capped the 2008-09 academic year by winning the prestigious 2009 EPpy award, sponsored by Editor  & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, which named temple-news.com the top college newspaper Web site in the country.

History

Temple University Weekly first appeared on Monday, Sept. 19, 1921. It was led by an alumni editor and fully supported by the university, though student writers were responsible for coverage.

Beginning in the 1930s and continuing into the 1950s, with exceptions during World War II, the now-labeled Temple University News printed Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. During the 1960s and 1970s, the paper went daily, before returning in the 1980s to the three-times-weekly publishing from its past. In the 1990s, citing declining ad revenue and staff size, the paper returned to its weekly origins. With the exception of a single semester in 2005, TTN has been weekly ever since.

Awards

The Temple News has been honored with numerous awards in the past few years, beginning with the Keystone Press Awards in February 2006. TTN editors, reporters and photographers have won Keystone Press Awards in every year since. In 2009, staff members won awards for ongoing news coverage, public service/enterprise package, news photos, sports photos, photo story and Web site.

The Temple News Online is a finalist in the 2009 Online Pacemaker competition by the Associated Collegiate Press. The results will be announced in October 2009 at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Austin.

Most recently, TTN Online earned an EPpy Award for the Best College Newspaper Web Site in the country. The award is given by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines.

2010 Staff List

  • Editor in Chief: Stephen Zook

  • Managing Editor: Sherri Hospedales

  • News Editor: Morgan Zalot

  • Opinion Editor: Ashley Nguyen

  • Temple Living Editor: Maria Zankey

  • Arts & Entertainment Editor: Kevin Brosky

  • Sports Editor: Jen Reardon

  • Online Editor: Zach Owen

  • Chief Copy Editor: Chelsea Calhoun

  • Copy Editor: Valerie Rubinsky

  • Copy Editor: Brian Dzenis

  • Copy Editor: Kathryn Lopez

  • Copy Editor: Shari DaCosta

  • Photography Editor: Kevin Cook

  • Assistant Photography Editor: Anna Zhilkova

  • Assistant Photography Editor: Carroll Moore

  • Designer: Kriston Bethel

  • Designer: Zach Miley

  • Designer: Monica Zuber

  • Advertising Manager: Vanessa Rottet

  • Business Manager: Anna Maslennikova

  • Billing Manager: Gian Hunjan

Recent Editors in Chief

  • Chris Stover, 2008-2009

  • Chris Reber, 2007-2008

  • Charmie Snetter, 2006-2007

  • Brandon Lausch, 2005-2006

  • Lucas Murray, 2004-2005

  • Brian White, 2003-2004

  • Michael Gainer, 2002-2003

  • Jeremy Smith, 2001-2002

Notable alumni