The Yale Herald is a newspaper run by undergraduate students at Yale University since 1986. Published weekly, the paper covers campus and local events and aims to provide in-depth investigative reporting; it also includes essays, interviews, creative writing, opinion pieces, culture articles, and reviews. The paper has a circulation of more than 2,000 and is distributed free of charge throughout Yale’s campus.

Notable alumni

Journalists

  • Molly Ball, senior political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
  • Anne Barnard: Beirut bureau chief, The New York Times
  • Joshua Benton: director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
  • Carl Bialik: reporter, FiveThirtyEight
  • Kevin Delaney: editor-in-chief, Quartz
  • Ben Greenman: novelist, staffer at The New Yorker
  • Ed Park: senior editor of Amazon Publishing's Little A literary fiction imprint
  • Bradley Peniston: editor, Armed Forces Journal
  • Tiffany Pham: founder, Mogul
  • Nathaniel Rich: senior editor, The Paris Review
  • Ben Smith: journalist, The New York Times; former editor-in-chief, BuzzFeed News
  • Tatiana Schlossberg: American journalist and author
  • Jack Schlossberg: American writer
  • Jyoti Thottam: Op-Eds business and economics editor, The New York Times; former South Asia bureau chief, Time
  • Jon Wertheim: covers sports for Sports Illustrated, 60 Minutes, and the Tennis Channel.
  • Jessica Winter: arts editor, Time

Other

  • Peter Beinart: senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Andrew J. Gerber: Medical Director/CEO, Austen Riggs Center
  • Michael Gerber, founder, The American Bystander
  • John Hodgman: author, humorist, The Daily Show correspondent
  • Stephen Lange Ranzini: president/CEO, University Bank
  • Demetri Martin: humorist, actor
  • Matt Matros: professional poker player
  • Greg Pak: filmmaker, Marvel Comics writer
  • Jill Savitt: executive director, Dream for Darfur
  • Josh Shelov: director of original programming, NBC Sports
  • Allison Silverman: executive producer, The Colbert Report

References

  • The Yale Herald online