''The Miami Hurricane'' is the official student newspaper at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

in Coral Gables, Florida. Founded in 1929, ''The Miami Hurricane'' is published weekly each Tuesday with timely online updates daily by a staff of mostly undergraduate University of Miami students. The newspaper has won multiple awards during its history, including two

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in 1992 and 2009. It has been designated an Associated Collegiate Press "Hall of Fame" newspaper. ''The Miami Hurricane'' has a weekly print distribution of 8,000, consisting predominantly of University of Miami students, staff, administrators, faculty, and employees. It is funded through local advertising and university subsidies. Its cumulative circulation including online readers is 30,000. It is distributed free of charge on the University of Miami campus and at several nearby off-campus locations each Tuesday. The newspaper provides timely updates on its online news site and issues an email newsletter twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ''The Miami Hurricane'' is an also an affiliate of

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, which distributes and promotes its content to their global network.

Founding

The University of Miami's first campus publication, ''The University News,'' was founded in October 1927 but ceased publication the end of that year after confronting financial challenges. With support from many of its original staff members, ''The Miami Hurricane'' was launched two years later, in 1929."October marks 80th year of university's student newspaper,"
''The Miami Hurricane'', October 29, 2007

Notable alumni

* Judy Battista, sports writer for

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* Scott Braun, studio host and reporter for

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and NHL Network * Jason Haikara, executive vice president for MediaLink *

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, sports writer for ''

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, former radio host and columnist for

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and ''

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, travel journalist and

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Ralph Renick Ralph Apperson Renick (August 9, 1928 – July 11, 1991) was a pioneer American television journalist for Miami's WTVJ, channel 4 (now channel 6), Florida's first television station. He was WTVJ's first and longest running news anchor and the driv ...

, television journalist for WTVJ, president of

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, and board member of

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, news anchor, WFOR-TV

References

External links

Official website
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