Monday, May 25, 2009 10:28 a.m.
This exact same post gets written once a year at around this time, but I’d nonetheless like to welcome you to The Hatchet’s 2140 G St. blog. At the moment, this blog’s best purpose is to tell you that we’ve ceased print publication for the summer until our CI guide comes out on June 11 (but we’ll continue to publish online throughout the summer.
Once next year rolls around, this blog will hopefully be a way to keep The Hatchet’s actions as transparent as possible. We’ll do our best to give you a sneak peak at what will be on tomorrow’s front page, highlight other content, and provide a forum for you to offer feedback.
Check back over the summer for some sporadic posts, but be sure to frequent this blog during the school year for more consistent blogging. Until then, happy summer!
Monday, March 30, 2009 10:02 a.m.
Once a year The Hatchet staff gets a chance to stop reporting for a moment and lampoon some of the issues they cover. It’s a tradition that dates back to the early editions of The Hatchet, and has become an regular surprise on campus every spring. So the 2009 April Fools’ Issue has come. And this year, it takes the form of The GW Buzzkill.
We claimed in The Buzzkill that we’re no longer accepting letters to the editor. While that may not be entirely true, tell us what you think here in the online comments.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 1:14 p.m.
The staff of The Hatchet elected Alex Byers to be their next editor in chief on Thursday. Byers will take over the position on May 1, pending the approval of the The Hatchet’s Board of Directors.
A junior from Minneapolis, Minn., Byers has worked at The Hatchet since 2007, first as a sports writer, then as an assistant sports editor and eventually metro news editor. Some of his largest plans for next year involve more online content, so if you’re reading this post then get excited!
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 10:44 p.m.
The discussion about arming UPD made its way into the local media this week when the Kojo Nnamdi show on WAMU invited both myself and local ANC chair Asher Corson to present some of the facts and viewpoints on the issue. Our coverage of this topic has been extensive, and the amount of phone calls on the show indicated that there is at least some interest beyond campus and Foggy Bottom.
I’ll let the show speak for itself, you can listen here.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 1:18 a.m.
It has certainly been a momentous year at The Hatchet.
This Sunday at their annual convention, The Associated Collegiate Press presented The Hatchet with two Pacemaker awards – for its print and online editions. The ACP is the largest organization dedicated to the student press, and a Pacemaker is considered one of the highest awards in college journalism.
This comes on the heels of an announcement last spring that The Society of Professional Journalists named The Hatchet the best non-daily student newspaper in the nation.
Both of these awards are major achievements, and they are a credit to the quality journalism coming out of this paper. This is also the first year that The Hatchet has received all three awards, which speaks to the growing stature of The Hatchet as both a newspaper and an online news source.
The Hatchet was one of 10 papers selected in the ACP’s non-daily newspaper category, and one of 5 selected in the non-daily Web site category. The Hatchet was the only paper to receive the SPJ award.
The high quality of journalism can be seen in each issue of The Hatchet, but I can tangibly show you how far our Web site has come in recent years. When we last won the online Pacemaker in 2006, our Web site looked like this. Since then we have completely redesigned the site, revamped our blogs, and added video, podcasts and other interactive features.
