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The Corsair
TypeStudent newspaper
Editor-in-chiefEnrique Viveros
FoundedFebruary 2, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-02-02)
HeadquartersCorsair Staff Room, Building 96, Pensacola Campus
Circulation~2,000 (as of February 2021)
Sister newspapersThe Kilgore Review (Literary Magazine)
Websiteecorsair.pensacolastate.edu

The Corsair is the print and online student newspaper of Pensacola State College.[1][2] The paper is circulated across campuses of Pensacola State College and is published monthly during the primary school year and once during the summer term.[3] The paper primarily focuses on special events or occurrences involving its constituent college,[4] in addition to student profiles, arts reports, editorials,[5][6] and Pensacola State College sports reports. Interviews, while mainly focusing on students and faculty of the college, have also included local celebrities and politicians, including Congressional candidates.[7]

History and operations

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The paper has been was first published February 2, 1949; its first issue was titled, You Name It, then changing the name of its second issue to the Beachcomber.[8][9][10] This name continued to be used until the 1960s, when it was renamed The Corsair.[1][10][11]

The paper temporarily went exclusively online during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time it had done so. The paper returned to its hybrid online/in-print format at the beginning of the Spring 2021 semester.[3]

The paper is written completely by students of the college, directed by a faculty advisor and assisted by a layout editor.[2] As of the February 2022 issue, The Corsair has 5 staff writers, along with Layout Editor Sebastian Gordon and Copy Editor Crystal Duc.[3] As of June 2021, the paper is currently managed by Editor-in-Chief Enrique Viveros and guided by faculty advisor Brian Underwood. The periodical is commonly staffed by members of the college's journalism program, as a portion of their overall academic plan.

Previous administrations of the paper had received attention in regards to the defense of free speech and a free press. In one incident, this was due to the paper reporting on a schism between certain faculty and the then college president, despite certain warnings from faculty at the time.[12] In another, the paper's reporting on alleged censorship and aggression against student publications by the college administration brought controversy.[13] The Corsair made news nationally through the Associated Press in 1991 when, as part of an editorial on the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies, the paper gave out birth control devices in their individual issues.[14]

In addition, The Corsair has had photographs included in The New York Times,[15] has had writings and editorials quoted or cited by published books,[16][17] and has had former writers and editors write for nationwide papers, such as USA Today.[6]

Associations

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The Corsair, along with the Pensacola State College literary magazine, The Kilgore Review, are members of the statewide organizations, the Florida College System Publications Association and the Florida College Activities Association.[2][18][19] These organizations aid to link together various student newspapers and other extracurricular activity programs throughout the Florida College System (this however is distinct from the State University System of Florida).[20][21][22]

Awards and honors

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The paper and its staff have won several local, statewide, and national awards for excellence in journalism and design.[23][24][25][26] This includes multiple national awards regarding "excellence and outstanding achievement"[24] in the operations of the paper's website, eCorsair.[23][24] The Corsair consistently rates among the top student newspapers among Florida colleges by number of awards earned through the Florida College Activities Association.[18][19] Through this and other organizations, The Corsair has earned 14 and 13 awards in 2018 and 2017 respectively, as well as several more in previous years.[18][19][27]

References

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  1. ^ a b Manning, Matthew (1989). The Standard Periodical Directory (12th ed.). New York, N.Y.: Oxbridge Communications. p. 426. ISBN 0917460227. OCLC 19109138.
  2. ^ a b c "Student Publications Directory". Florida College System Activities Association. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. ^ a b c Cheer, Daniel, ed. (March 10, 2021). "Staff List". The Corsair. Vol. 72, no. 4. Pensacola, Florida.
  4. ^ Carter, Shaleyah (August 2019). "Hobbs Center retires Collegiate High". The Corsair.
  5. ^ Dixon, Shea; Reynolds, Marley. "Wide selection of Pensacola coffee choices excite the taste buds". The Corsair. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  6. ^ a b Sheffler, Ben (18 May 2014). "High Exposing Shorts for Men are Trending on College Campuses". USA Today. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. ^ Ehr, Phil (October 8, 2021), "Today, I had the pleasure..." (Facebook Post), Pensacola, Florida: Ehr for Congress, retrieved February 21, 2022, Today, I had the pleasure of talking issues and policy with students from the eCorsair podcast at Pensacola State College! Our nation's future leaders continue to be a source of inspiration and motivation for this movement.
  8. ^ Hardy, Frank (2 February 1949). "College Now Has 700 Volumes & Donations to Buy New Books". You Name It.
  9. ^ Wilson, Julian (17 February 1949). "Looking Ahead". Beachcomber.
  10. ^ a b "History of PSC". Pensacola State College. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  11. ^ "Corsair Focuses Columns on Yule". The Pensacola News. 1962-11-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  12. ^ Bobbitt, Randy (15 December 2016). Free Speech on America's K-12 and College Campuses : Legal Cases from Barnette to Blaine. Lanham, Maryland. p. 91. ISBN 9780739186473. OCLC 962141052.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Johnson, Rob. "The price of offering college at a bargain". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  14. ^ "Students get free condoms with Florida college newspaper". Orlando Sentinel. November 7, 1991. pp. D14.
  15. ^ Thomas, Katie (2011-07-16). "At Two-Year Colleges, Less Scrutiny Equals Less Athletic Equality". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Robert Justin (2016). Little "Red Scares" : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946. London. pp. 1st Citation Page. ISBN 9781317104148. OCLC 1045226797.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ "It's a given that Florida's Pensacola Junior College journalism student Danica Spears, 19, will never forget where she was July 10, 2008". Community College Week: 15. August 11, 2008 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
  18. ^ a b c "2017 Florida College System Publication Association Newspaper Award Winners" (PDF). Florida College System Activities Association. 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  19. ^ a b c "2018 Florida College System Newspaper Association Award Winners" (PDF). Florida College System Activities Association. 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  20. ^ "Florida College System Activities Association". Florida College System Activities Association. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  21. ^ "Florida College System Recognizes Black History Month". Florida College System. February 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  22. ^ McClellan, Teri (11 April 2017). "Outgoing Student Body President Jacobi Bedenfield Becomes New State President and Receives Award". Today at Santa Fe. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  23. ^ a b 2007 National Online Pacemaker Award. eCorsair ( The Corsair online) (Award Plaque). Washington D.C.: Associate Collegiate Press. 27 October 2007.
  24. ^ a b c 2010 Online National Pacemaker Award. eCorsair (The Corsair online) (Award Plaque). Louisville, Kentucky: Associated Collegiate Press. 30 October 2010. In recognition of general excellence and outstanding achievement by a college online publication in a national competition.
  25. ^ "PSC student publications win 14 awards at competition". Pensacola News Journal. 2 November 2015.
  26. ^ "PSC Students Take Awards at Publications State Contest". Studer Community Institute. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  27. ^ "Pensacola Junior College". Community College Week: 18. November 17, 2008 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
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