The Breeze is the official student-run newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.[1][2] The Breeze publishes 5,000 copies every Thursday. The Breeze publishes local news during the academic year. It is made up of four sections: news, culture, sports and opinion. The Breeze is also known to many JMU alumni and current students for its long-standing tradition of publishing Darts & Pats.
| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Editor-in-chief | Eleanor Shaw |
| Managing editors | Morgan Blair, Kacey Thompson |
| Staff writers | >50 |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
| Website | http://www.breezejmu.org |
The Breeze has been nominated and won numerous awards during its existence including a 2012 Online Pacemaker Award, a 2012 VPA award for Best in Show for a Non-Daily News Presentation, and a 2012 VPA sweepstakes award. In 2014, The Breeze has won multiple Pacemaker awards for excellence in the category of non-daily newspaper at a four-year university. The Pacemaker is an honor in collegiate journalism, and is awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation. It is sometimes referred to as the Pulitzer of student journalism. The Breeze was also named the best mid-sized non-daily newspaper in the state of Virginia by the Virginia Press Association for the second year in a row.
History
editThe Breeze started as a four-column, four-page weekly publication on December 22, 1922 with few illustrations and fewer photos. Today, it is a 20-plus page broadsheet newspaper published weekly with full-color photos and graphics. The paper was originally distributed to women on the way out of the dining hall, but currently is distributed to more than 100 locations on James Madison campus and throughout the Harrisonburg community. [3]
Origins of the name
editIn 1922, the newly established newspaper for the State Normal School for Women held a contest for suggestions on what to name the new publication. English teacher Elizabeth P. Cleveland suggested the name “The Breeze” saying that, “nothing here strikes a stranger quite so strongly as our mountain breeze. It is both inspiring and stimulating. It is full of pep, but clean. It clears the cobwebs from the brain and sweeps morbidness from the heart.”
“The Breeze” won the contest, barely beating out “The Campus Cat” by a coin toss. Cleveland was awarded $2 for her entry.
The Breeze
editAlong with a physical and virtual copy of the newspaper, the Breeze also ventured into TV in 2017. This section of The Breeze covers news, interviews with students and community members, politics, culture, and sports. The news videos can be accessed through their website and can also be accessed through Youtube links. [4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy (April 20, 2018). "Subtly Silencing a Sexual Assault Accuser?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Mikkelson, David (October 2, 2016). "19 Dead People 'Registered to Vote for Hillary Clinton'". Snopes. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Breeze, The. "Delivery". The Breeze. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ Breeze, The (2024-05-16). "Breeze TV". The Breeze. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
External links
edit- Official website
- JMU Scholarly Commons Contains almost every issue of the Breeze from 1922 until the present.