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{{Infobox_Newspaper |
name = Collegiate Times |
image = [[Image:VT Collegiate front page.jpg|175px]] |
caption = The April 17, 2007 front page<br />of the ''Collegiate Times'' reporting the [[Virginia Tech Massacre]] |
type = Daily newspaper |
format = Broadsheet |
foundation = 1903 |
price = First copy free; 50 cents each subsequent copy|
owners = Independent |
publisher = |
editor = Zach Crizer |
language = English |
political = |
circulation = 14,000 |
headquarters = [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]], [[Virginia]] |
ISSN = |
website = [http://www.collegiatetimes.com www.collegiatetimes.com] |
}}
The Collegiate Times is the student newspaper of [[Virginia Tech]] and publishes both an online and print edition four times per week during the academic year. The Collegiate Times is a division of the [[Educational Media Company]] which does not receive university funds but does generate enough advertising revenue to offer paid writing positions to all of its student staff. The Collegiate Times operates from 365 [[Squires Student Center]] and also leases space for its business office on Main Street.
The '''''Collegiate Times''''' is an independent, student-run newspaper serving [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] since 1903. [[The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech]] (EMCVT), a non-profit student media consortium, owns the publication. Based in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]], the Collegiate Times publishes local news, sports, features and opinions for 14,000 readers every Tuesday through Friday of the academic year and prints weekly summer editions. Photographs in the CT, as it's popularly known, are provided by the Student Publications Photo Staff, also a division of the EMCVT.
==History==
===Early origins===
In 1903, the Athletic Association at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College created ''The Virginia Tech'', a university-sponsored publication under the presidency of John McLaren McBryde that eventually became the Collegiate Times. By the 1960s, when the university's board of visitors accepted "Virginia Tech" as an official and popular usage of the school name, the editorial board at ''The Virginia Tech'' opted to change the paper's name to the ''Collegiate Times'', to avoid any confusion between the student publication and the university proper.
In 1979, the Collegiate Times stopped receiving funding from the University and became completely self supported.<ref>{{cite news | first=Amie | last=Steele | coauthors= | title=Letter From the Editor | date=2007-08-22 | publisher= | url =http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/08/22/Letter-from-the-Editor | work =Collegiate Times | pages = | accessdate = 2007-08-22 | language = }}</ref>
===Recent developments===
In December 2005, management at the ''Collegiate Times'' decided to split the news section into two divisions: the campus section, which continued to cover higher education at Virginia Tech, and the city section, which focused on the [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] and the town of Blacksburg. Each section had its own editor to coincide with a newly created day editor, who covered the [[police beat]] and deals with administrative responsibilities in the news section. In May 2005, the ''Collegiate Times'' decided to continue this news management style and add a managing editor, making it one of the first college newspapers in [[Virginia]] with an ombudsman on staff.
The [[Virginia Press Association]] awarded the ''Collegiate Times'' 20 journalism honors for its reporting, production and photography in 2008.
The ''Collegiate Times'' was awarded the 2007 National Pacemaker and a 2008 Online Pacemaker by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] based on the student paper's dedication to "coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics."
''Collegiate Times'' staff member Caleb Fleming was awarded first place for the 2009 National College Reporter of the Year award, presented by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]]
===Virginia Tech massacre coverage===
The newspaper was the first media outlet to break news on the [[Virginia Tech massacre]], starting online coverage at 9:47 a.m. the day of the shootings (April 16, 2007).<ref>{{cite web | title = VT Shooting on the Web | url = http://www.wral.com/entertainment/blogpost/1275413/}}</ref>
The publication received international attention from media outlets around the world, which included the New York Times home page linking to the student paper's list of confirmed deceased.<ref>{{cite web | title = 'Collegiate Times' Earns Attention, and Plaudits, From Other Journalists | url = http://chronicle.com/news/article/2047/collegiate-times-earns-attention-and-plaudits-from-other-journalists}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Richmond Paper Prints Extra -- Campus Paper Gets Scoop on List Of Dead | url =
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003572500
}}</ref>
The April 17 edition of the ''Collegiate Times'' provided a detailed, illustrated timeline of the massacre. In the days following, the newspaper provided extensive coverage of events from the student community's perspective, along with disseminating information about the various on-campus memorials and support resources intended to assist the students in their recovery.
==Controversies==
In the past several years, many students have been unhappy with the editing work, writing quality, and fact-checking performed by the Collegiate Times. Typos are extremely common at the time of publication, and it is not uncommon to even see typos and misspellings in headlines. Additionally, many students feel that the Collegiate Times offers little quality control on their opinions and editorials sections, often publishing opinion pieces not based on facts, not significantly researched, or lacking controversy.
==Related links==
* [[WUVT]]
* [[The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech]]
==External links==
*[http://www.collegiatetimes.com Collegiate Times] -- official site
*[http://www.CollegeMedia.com Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, Inc. (EMCVT)]
*[http://www.vt.edu Virginia Tech]
*[http://www.collegiatetimes.com/cms/site/april16.php archive of Collegiate Times coverage of 2007 massacre]
==References==
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