The Gateway (newspaper)
| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Gateway Student Journalism Society |
| Editor-in-chief | Josh Greschner |
| Founded | November 21, 1910 |
| Headquarters | University of Alberta |
| Circulation | 7,000 - 10,000 |
| Sister newspapers | The Manitoban |
| ISSN | 0845-356X |
| Website | http://thegatewayonline.ca |
The Gateway is the student newspaper at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Liddy Lloyd on October 26, 1910. A group of students had gathered to discuss the creation of a student newspaper. They came up with the name "The Gateway" and selected A.E. Ottewell as its first editor-in-chief. The first issue was published on November 21, 1910.
According to the newspaper's first editorial, the name "Gateway" was chosen because "there is something unique about our position in this institution, the university farthest north in America and farthest West in Canada, standing at the portal of a great undeveloped and practically unknown region, rich in potentialities of future greatness."
In 1938, The Gateway became a founding member of Canadian University Press (CUP), a non-profit news wire service owned by post-secondary student newspapers across Canada. The Gateway hosted CUP national conferences in January 1979, January 2005, and January 2010.
From its first published issue in 1910 until 2002, the Gateway was run as a department of the University of Alberta Students' Union. In 2002, the paper ran a successful referendum campaign for its autonomy and became an independent entity run by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS). In the period when the union was responsible for the paper, the University of Alberta had no editorial control over The Gateway, and by law the union was responsible for the production; the Universities Act of the Province of Alberta dictated that the student union was a corporate body separate from the university.
While most of the day-to-day operations did not change with autonomy, a board of directors (BOD) took over the major decision-making powers for the paper from a Students' Union committee and the Vice-President (Student Life).
The paper is funded by a combination of advertising revenue and a student levy approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. The Gateway is one of the oldest and largest student newspapers in Canada and features sections devoted to news, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, comics and features.
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