The Tartan is a student run newspaper published weekly for readers in and around Radford University in Radford, Virginia. Its staff works throughout the week to provide the students and faculty of Radford University, as well as the residents of the surrounding city of Radford, with news pertaining to the University and surrounding community. The paper is circulated every Wednesday afternoon, and is the most widely circulated publication in the town of Radford. First published in January 1921.
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History
The Tartan was originally started eleven years after Radford University was founded in 1910. Radford University was originally an all women's college. Radford University's only student run newspaper (originally called The Grapurchat) was four pages, featured one picture, and the first centerpiece detailed a cocktail party which had happened the week before.
Since then, The Tartan's staff has grown to include four section editors, four assistant editors, an Editor-in-Chief, a Managing Editor, and a graphics and photography team to take pictures in the field and create their own designs. The Tartan has a weekly circulation of 4,000 papers.
The Tartan utilizes the RU Student Media's in house advertising agency, SMADS, to gather and design advertisements which The Tartan uses as its main stream of revenue. The Tartan nets about $2,100 a week in advertising revenue alone.
In March 2011, The Tartan launched a Wordpress website to complement the print form of the publication. The website features a mix of articles published in the weekly issues of The Tartan, but also plays host to content uploaded throughout the week that does not get published in the weekly Wednesday editions.
March, 2015 Staff
As of March 2015, these were the editors on staff.
The Tartan is also advised by Twange Kasoma