Draft:Arthur Newspaper

Arthur Newspaper (Arthur) is a student and community newspaper published in Peterborough, Ontario. It was founded in 1966 by Stephen Stohn and is associated with, but editorially independent from, Trent University.

As a Trent University levy group, Arthur is primarily funded through a student levy of $13.77 as well as its own advertising revenues. As an incorporated non-profit organization in the privince of Ontario, Canada Arthur is governed by a Board of Directors made up of past writers, Trent University students, and community members who oversee the paper's editors. A team of between two or three Co-Editors are elected by levy-paying members of the organization each spring and serve one-year terms.

Each year, the paper hires between 10-15 students on a part-time basis for the duration of the academic year (September-April), while a smaller team of student journalists is hired in the summer term.

In addition to publishing print media, Arthur also produces a weekly radio show and podcast called Radio Free Arthur, recorded at produced in studio at Trent Radio. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Arthur produced a series of podcasts about the history of Trent University called Growing Pains which explored the corporatization of the university.

Arthur is a member of the cooperative organization of student publications the Canadian University Press (CUP). In 2022, the paper's co-editor Nicky Taylor was voted Student Journalist of the Year as part of CUP's John H. McDonald Awards for excellence in student journalism.

History
Arthur was founded in 1966 by then Trent University Student Stephen Stohn who was also instrumental in founding the first iteration of Trent University's campus radio station Trent Radio. Stohn would go on to become Trent University's Twelfth Chancellor in May of 2019. On February 17th, 1987, Arthur was incorporated as a non-profit in the province of Ontario.

Canadian journalist and author D'Arcy Jenish recounts that the first issue of the paper that would become Arthur was published in the Fall of 1966, with the first volume being published under the name Stenorian. By the second issue, published on October 13th, 1966, the name had changed to Stoney Creek Gazette and by the third issue, published the next day, the paper was called Nassau Times.

The first issue of the paper under the Arthur banner was published on October 20th, 1966. The name of the paper coming about as a result of Stohn's love of The Beatles and specifically the film A Hard Day's Night wherein George Harrison jokingly refers to his haircut as "Arthur" when asked what he calls the style.

Since its founding, Arthur has published 58 volumes of print editions, maintaining a weekly publication schedule during the academic year until 2020 when, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the publication shifted to quarterly print publications while simultaneously re-launching a new website.

Since Volume 57 (2022-23) Arthur publishes in print once per month from August-April with a print run of 1500 16-page newsprint editions which are distributed for free around Trent Univerity's campuses and business in downtown Peterborough.

Notable Contributors

 * Julia Caron, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist, host of Quebec AM.
 * Jonathan Pinto, Sudbury-based Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist, host of Up North. Formerly a reporter and producer at CBC Windsor.
 * Matt Rappolt, member of the Canadian indie band I, the Mountain.
 * Ariel Sharratt, multi-instrumentalist and member of Canadian indie-rock band The Burning Hell.
 * Stephen Stohn (born May 8, 1948), Arthur founder, entertainment lawyer and television producer. Executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Twelfth Chancellor of Trent University.
 * Thomas H.B. Symons (May 30, 1929 - January 1, 2021), professor, author, and founding President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University.