Format Broadsheet Founded 1924 | Owner(s) Waynesburg University City Waynesburg, Pa | |
Type Student Weekly Newspaper Headquarters 51 W College St.
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370 | ||
The Yellow Jacket is the student newspaper for Waynesburg University. The newspaper is produced entirely by Waynesburg University students and is incorporated into many classes within the university's Department of Communication. The Yellow Jacket features news on campus and community news, student opinion, coverage of the Presidents' Athletic Conference sports teams, and other topics of student or faculty interest. The Yellow Jacket publishes weekly during the academic year in print and online. The newspaper has been published under the Yellow Jacket nameplate since 1924, though student newspapers at Waynesburg University (then Waynesburg College) date back to 1894. Federal Judge John Clark Knox served as the first student editor of the first student newspaper at Waynesburg College.
The Yellow Jacket is a member of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and is affiliated with the Waynesburg University student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Awards and nominations
The student staff of the Yellow Jacket has been recognized several times by the Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence competition. In addition to individual or team awards, the newspaper has been a regional finalist for the Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper award in 2004, 2005, 2013, and 2014.