Redbrick (newspaper)
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| Type | Fortnightly student newspaper (during term time) |
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| Format | 40 pages Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | University of Birmingham Guild of Students |
| Editor | Anna Griffiths |
| Associate editor | Harry Turner, Imogen Lancaster, Gabriella Marcucci and Conrad Duncan |
| Founded | February 5th 1936 as Guild News |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | University of Birmingham Guild of Students, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TU |
| Circulation | 1,500 fortnightly (during term-time) |
| Website | http://www.redbrick.me |
Redbrick is the student newspaper of the University of Birmingham. Originally titled Guild News, the newspaper was renamed Redbrick in 1962. As with most student newspapers Redbrick is not fully independent due to funding arrangements, but is editorially independent as is set out in its charter.
Redbrick is written, photographed, edited and published entirely by University students, and is run not for profit, funded by both advertising revenue and the Guild of Students. It consists of News, Comment, Culture, Music, Life & Style, Television, Film, Food, Travel, Science & Technology, Gaming, and Sport sections. A sport supplement titled The Lion was published biannually until 2014.
The newspaper is produced fortnightly during term time, with the exception of the summer semester as publication halts during exam season. The newspaper celebrated its 75th birthday in February 2011. The paper is distributed free around campus and the local area every Friday of publication week.
Redbrick's website - has grown significantly following a redesign in early 2011. Since then it has won the Guardian Student Media Award for 'Website of the Year' 2011 and it receives over 6,000 unique visitors every week, meaning it has now overtaken the print edition in terms of readership.
Redbrick is one of the oldest student newspapers in the United Kingdom. First published as Guild News on 5 February 1936, its current name dates to 1962. One of two student publications at the university, the other being SATNAV (Science and Technology News and Views), the paper was originally published alongside the student magazine The Mermaid; this ceased publication.
The newspaper continued to publish throughout the Second World War. The first issue after its declaration featured on its front page an article on the potential difference between The Great War, and the war with Germany in which the country had just become involved.
In summer 1972, just after the Gay Liberation Front yearly conference, a conference with different venues each year held that year in Birmingham, in the Guild of Students, Redbrick published a controversial article titled 'Who's a Wanker?', which described practical aspects of homosexuality, a highly controversial matter then. The issue ran out and had to be reprinted. Simultaneously, it was reported to the Press Council because of that article, and it was subsequently withdrawn.
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