The University Times

This article is about the student newspaper at Trinity College. For the faculty and staff newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, see University Times.

Template:Infobox Student Newspaper The University Times is a student newspaper in Trinity College. The newspaper was established in 2009. It is an independent newspaper that is produced with the financial support of Trinity College Dublin, Students’ Union.

Format

The newspaper is a twenty-four page broadsheet which is divided into sections: News, Features, Opinion, Arts and Culture, and Sport. The news section concentrates on the news and goings-on in the University of Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.

Layout and Design

The University Times section headers

The nameplate of The University Times is set in Utopia Std with a Semibold Display weight. There is a ligature on the Th in The. The rest of the paper is set in Utopia Std or Whitney of various weights. Each page of the paper contains a header that contains the name of the paper, page number, date, and section indicator. Sections have their own associated colours that are incorporated into the design.

Style

The University Times operates its own style manual based upon the Oxford Manual of Style. The manual indicates that the full title of the paper is The University Times noting that the, The is part of the title and that it gets a capital letter. Other publications with the definite article do not get a capital for example the Irish Times, the Guardian, and the New York Times. In the news section people are referred to by their full name at first mention and then only by their second name on subsequent mentions. Honorifics and academic titles are only used when appropriate.

Editors

2009 - 2010 Robert Donohoe
2010 - 2011 Tom Lowe
2011 - 2012 Ronan Costello
2012 - 2013 Owen Bennett

Awards

The University Times was announced 'Newspaper of the Year" in the Irish Student Media Awards, 2010, 2011 and 2012

External links

• The University Times - official website
• Trinity College, Dublin - official website