GW Hatchet

Infobox_Newspaper
name = The GW Hatchet


type = Student newspaper
owners = Hatchet Publications, Inc.
publisher =
chiefeditor = Eric Roper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1904
headquarters = 2140 G Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
USA
website = [http://www.gwhatchet.com/ www.gwhatchet.com]
The GW Hatchet is an independent student newspaper at The George Washington University. Founded in 1904, it is the second-oldest newspaper in the District of Columbia, behind only The Washington Post. It also serves as the newspaper of record for the University's archives.

The Hatchet is currently the best non-daily student newspaper in the country, as awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists.

The paper derives its name from the implement apocryphally used by George Washington to chop down his family's cherry tree.

In 1993, the GW Hatchet was incorporated as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit, and the paper has been editorially and financially independent of the University since then. It is run by a board of directors composed of Hatchet editors, former staff members, a GW student, a GW professor and professionals in the media industry. Daily operations are overseen by the full-time general manager & treasurer with assistance from the business manager. All other business and editorial positions are filled by current GW students and the editor in chief serves as the corporation's president. For many years, the University only charged the paper $1 in rent for their fully-controlled townhouse in Washington, D.C. but has recently begun charging monthly rent at reduced rates.

The GW Hatchet publishes 12,000 copies every Monday and Thursday throughout the school semesters and several times during the summer recess. In 1998, the Hatchet launched a Web site, [http://www.gwhatchet.com www.gwhatchet.com] , which has won many awards including a National Pacemaker Award in 2006. From 2005 to 2007, the Hatchet published an annual dining and entertainment guide called the GW Insider.

The Hatchet office is located at the heart of the George Washington University campus on 22nd and G streets in Washington, D.C.

Mission

The mission of The GW Hatchet is:“To edit, print, publish, sell and distribute The Hatchet, the primary student newspaper of general interest and circulation at The George Washington University, or any successor publication and such other publications through print and other media as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine is appropriate, as an education and informational service independent of, but benefiting The George Washington University community;“To provide, with the assistance of those with professional journalism and business experience, a practical and realistic educational experience for students and others who comprise the staff of the Corporation’s publications.”

Awards

The Hatchet has won numerous journalism awards, including:

* the Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Award for Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper in the Nation in 2003 and 2007, and the award for Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper in the Region in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
* the Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Award in 2006
* the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award in 2005 and 2007

Notable Alumni

Some notable Hatchet alumni include:

* Diana Henriques, New York Times reporter and winner of the 2004 Polk Award
* L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, was a Hatchet sports writer in the early 1930s.
* Deborah Solomon, part of a Wall Street Journal team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism
* Mireya Navarro, part of a New York Times team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* Mark Olshaker, winner of a 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program and author of two New York Times bestsellers
* Mark Schleifstein, part of a New Orleans Times-Picayune team that won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
* Joye Brown and B.D. Colen, winners of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting at New York Newsday
* Dick Polman, political columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
* Anders Gyllenhaal, managing editor of the Miami Herald and member of the Pulitzer Prize Board since 2001.

External links

* [http://www.gwhatchet.com GW Hatchet website]