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Palatinate (newspaper)
54°46′24″N 1°34′18″W / 54.77333°N 1.57167°W
Palatinate is the student newspaper of Durham University. One of Britain's oldest student publications, Palatinate is frequently ranked as one of the leading student outlets in the UK and Ireland, winning Best Publication in the Student Publication Association's 2018 and 2021 national awards. The name of the newspaper derives from the colour palatinate, a shade of purple closely associated with the university and derived from County Durham's political history as a County Palatine. It published its first edition on 17 March 1948.
Palatinate is published on a fortnightly basis during term time, and its editors-in-chief are elected by the editorial board. The paper emphasises news and investigations about Durham University, and also includes sports, science, comment, satire, and a pull-out arts and lifestyle magazine, Indigo. Durham Students’ Union previously paid for the publication of Palatinate, but the organisation now relies mostly on advertising and alumni donations to fund printing of the print edition.
The first issue of the student newspaper was published on 17 March 1948. Although the paper was initially designed to "bridge the gap" between the Newcastle and Durham divisions of the university poor sales in the Newcastle college led to the paper refocussing as a Durham-only publication after just three issues. Several of the Newcastle students involved in establishing Palatinate went on to set up their own paper for Newcastle students, King's Courier.
From 2001 until 2004, Palatinate was published in broadsheet format, before reverting to tabloid format.
In November 2008, Palatinate launched Indigo, an arts and features pull-out supplement, and celebrated its 700th edition.
In May 2011, Palatinate revealed that the university had accepted donations from British American Tobacco, leading to coverage in the national press. The university faced scrutiny in December 2011 when Palatinate reported on disquiet over the appointment of David Held as master of University College. This led to the head of the students' union informing the editor that the Vice-Chancellor wanted a printed apology, for the university to see every edition before it went to press, and for the editor (who had also broken the British American Tobacco story) to resign. These requests were not accepted, however the paper was forced to publish a counter-article written by a senior member of the university administration.
In March 2013, a Science and Technology section was launched online and printed in the bumper 750th Celebratory Edition. In 2014, Palatinate launched a Profile section. Since December 2014, journalists from the newspaper have interviewed people such as Jess Phillips, Steph Houghton, David Blunkett, Edwina Currie, Moazzam Begg, Owen Jones, Esther Rantzen and Norman Baker.
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Palatinate (newspaper)
54°46′24″N 1°34′18″W / 54.77333°N 1.57167°W
Palatinate is the student newspaper of Durham University. One of Britain's oldest student publications, Palatinate is frequently ranked as one of the leading student outlets in the UK and Ireland, winning Best Publication in the Student Publication Association's 2018 and 2021 national awards. The name of the newspaper derives from the colour palatinate, a shade of purple closely associated with the university and derived from County Durham's political history as a County Palatine. It published its first edition on 17 March 1948.
Palatinate is published on a fortnightly basis during term time, and its editors-in-chief are elected by the editorial board. The paper emphasises news and investigations about Durham University, and also includes sports, science, comment, satire, and a pull-out arts and lifestyle magazine, Indigo. Durham Students’ Union previously paid for the publication of Palatinate, but the organisation now relies mostly on advertising and alumni donations to fund printing of the print edition.
The first issue of the student newspaper was published on 17 March 1948. Although the paper was initially designed to "bridge the gap" between the Newcastle and Durham divisions of the university poor sales in the Newcastle college led to the paper refocussing as a Durham-only publication after just three issues. Several of the Newcastle students involved in establishing Palatinate went on to set up their own paper for Newcastle students, King's Courier.
From 2001 until 2004, Palatinate was published in broadsheet format, before reverting to tabloid format.
In November 2008, Palatinate launched Indigo, an arts and features pull-out supplement, and celebrated its 700th edition.
In May 2011, Palatinate revealed that the university had accepted donations from British American Tobacco, leading to coverage in the national press. The university faced scrutiny in December 2011 when Palatinate reported on disquiet over the appointment of David Held as master of University College. This led to the head of the students' union informing the editor that the Vice-Chancellor wanted a printed apology, for the university to see every edition before it went to press, and for the editor (who had also broken the British American Tobacco story) to resign. These requests were not accepted, however the paper was forced to publish a counter-article written by a senior member of the university administration.
In March 2013, a Science and Technology section was launched online and printed in the bumper 750th Celebratory Edition. In 2014, Palatinate launched a Profile section. Since December 2014, journalists from the newspaper have interviewed people such as Jess Phillips, Steph Houghton, David Blunkett, Edwina Currie, Moazzam Begg, Owen Jones, Esther Rantzen and Norman Baker.