The Carroll News is the student-run, co-curricular newspaper at John Carroll University

John Carroll University

John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus as Saint Ignatius College.The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, as...

, in University Heights

University Heights, Ohio

University Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It borders Beachwood to the east, Cleveland Heights to the west, South Euclid to the north and Shaker Heights to the south. The population was 13,539 as of the 2010 Census...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. It is published weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Carroll News was founded in 1925.

The paper has seven sections, Campus, Arts & Life, Features, Sports, World News, Editorial and Op/Ed. It hits newsstands at 11 a.m. on Thursdays.

Awards

In 2005 and 2006, The Carroll News was named the nation's best weekly newspaper in overall excellence by the Society of Collegiate Journalists

Society of Collegiate Journalists

The Society for Collegiate Journalists is an American honor society for student journalists.It was formed on June 1, 1975 as a merger between the two journalism honor societies Pi Delta Epsilon and Alpha Phi Gamma ....

, the oldest national honorary collegiate journalism organization.

In 2006, the newspaper won 13 national and regional awards, the most in the paper’s 80-year history.

In 2007, The Carroll News was named second best overall paper in Region 4 by the Society of Collegiate Journalists. Three staffers also won individual awards.