The Founder
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The Founder is the independent student newspaper at Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...

. It is distinguished from other campus media by its compact
Compact (newspaper)
A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom. The term is used also for this size came into use in its current use when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier...

 design and its independence from SURHUL.

Current information

The newspaper is headed by the newspaper's founder, Jack Lenox. In the autumn 2007 edition of the College's alumni magazine, Higher, Lenox was spotlighted as a "natural born leader". It consists of a newspaper with a large arts section called, "Extra".

The newspaper contains the sections:
  • News
  • Comment & Debate
  • Features
  • Film
  • Music
  • Sport


In December 2010 the newspaper became the first student publication in the UK to launch an iPhone app.

Impact

The Founder's launch was covered in the London Student
London Student
London Student is the newspaper of the University of London Union. It began publishing in 1979. It is an editorially independent publication with ultimate control over content and editorial appointments vested in the elected full-time Editor, who is currently Joe Rennison.It distributes 12,500...

 in January 2007. Interviewing a number of students on campus, the newspaper concluded that The Founder seemed to have been created by people who "had done it before". The article further commented on the "professional" look of the newspaper and the "impressive" way in which it apparently operated both financially and editorially independently of both the Students' Union and the College.

In June 2008, writing from The Founder newspaper was showcased in the inaugural issue of "FS Magazine" as an example of "the best of student journalism".

Awards

In 2011, The Founder's Features Editor Kate Brook was recognised at the London Student Journalism Awards as the year's Best Feature Writer.

Special features

The Founder has featured a number of top-tier interviews since its conception both in print and in audio through its podcast. These include:
  • Amerie
    Amerie
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  • Alan Fletcher
    Alan Fletcher
    Alan Fletcher is an Australian actor and musician, best known for his role as Karl Kennedy in long-running soap opera Neighbours. Fletcher was educated at Wesley College, Perth.-Career:...

  • Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...

  • Danny Wallace
  • Gerard Butler
    Gerard Butler
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  • Moazzam Begg
    Moazzam Begg
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  • Scouting For Girls
    Scouting for Girls
    Scouting for Girls are a Brit and Ivor Novello nominated band from London, formed in 2005 by Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard. Stride and Ellard met in the Cub Scouts and Churchouse met Stride on their first day at school. They have sold over 1.2 million albums and over 1.5 million...

  • The Hoosiers
    The Hoosiers
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  • Theo Paphitis
    Theo Paphitis
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  • Tim Minchin
    Tim Minchin
    Timothy David "Tim" Minchin is a British-Australian comedian, actor, and musician.Tim Minchin is best known for his musical comedy, which has featured in six CDs, three DVDs and a number of live comedy shows which he has performed internationally. He has also appeared on television in Australia,...


Famous editions

The Founder has produced a number of memorable front pages that have been referenced in wider and national media including
  • Lockdown! Foot and mouth outbreak near Royal Holloway
  • Broken Homes: The plight of students living in Brunel
  • 400 students without halls?


The Founder also printed an anonymous letter written by "an undergraduate student" with "an administrative job on campus" who gave an alleged reason for Holloway's drop in the league tables. http://www.thefounder.co.uk/pdfs/The%20Founder%20Volume%202%20Issue%205.pdf

Recent famous writers/editors/contributors

Although a fledgling newspaper, The Founder is known to have good relationships with some of Royal Holloway's more notable alumni. These include Francis Wheen
Francis Wheen
Francis James Baird Wheen is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster.-Early life and education:Wheen was born into an army family and educated at two independent schools: Copthorne Preparatory School near Crawley, West Sussex and Harrow School in north west London.-Life and career:Running...

who is a keen supporter of the newspaper and paid for a series of advertisements of his own books in its first year to help the paper financially. While at the College, Wheen was the editor of the then newspaper, Chateau, and was disappointed that there had been no media source to serve its legacy. He was therefore pleased to see that a new newspaper had arisen.

QUAD

On Monday 17 March 2008 the newspaper launched its lifestyle supplement QUAD. Intended to fill the remaining void in Royal Holloway's media, QUAD is a glossy magazine focusing on fashion, lifestyle and extraordinary students who pursue interesting extracurricular activities.

External links

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