The Chronicle

From Duke Wiki

The Chronicle
Duke's Daily Newspaper

The Chronicle Masthead.
Founded 1905
Type Daily Newspaper
Editor-In-Chief Ryan McCartney
Publication Cycle Daily; 150 issues/year
Circulation 30,000
Size ~100 Students
Affiliations Towerview

The Chronicle is the student run newspaper at Duke. The current editor of the paper is Ryan McCartney.

[edit] Facts

Considered one of the best student newspapers in the country, its editors were on a variety of news shows in response to the Duke Lacrosse scandal.

Current editors and regular reporters include Saidi Chen, Adam Eaglin, Jared Mueller, David Graham, Iza Wojciechowska, Rob Copeland, Greg Beaton, Sam Levy, Matt Iles, Sean Moroney, Neal Sengupta, Shreya Rao, Victoria Ward, Meg Bourdillion, Wenjia Zhang, and other reporters - all are student reporters and most editors are upper classmen.

Coverage includes campus student government, administration, University expansion plan, current events, politics, and business. Controversial stories include coverage of Duke Lacrosse accusations by the Durham DA, Fraternity and Sorority life, drug usage, incidents with professors, legal issues of current students and professors, and town-gown relations.

Runs daily on Weekdays, the paper copy is not available on weekends or over school holidays.


An issue of the Chronicle, featuring its distinctive style, with an image of President Richard Brodhead covering the masthead.
An issue of the Chronicle, featuring its distinctive style, with an image of President Richard Brodhead covering the masthead.

[edit] Criticisms

  • Bad reporting
  • Misquotation
  • Bad layout
  • Conflict of interests in almost every article

The Chronicle Online

This article is a stub. You can help Duiki by expanding it.