Epigram (newspaper)

rdf:langString Epigram (newspaper)

rdf:langString Epigram

rdf:langString Epigram

rdf:langString Epigram's front cover, March 2008

rdf:langString Filiz Gurer and Holly Beaumont

rdf:langString Compact

rdf:langString Independent

rdf:langString Monthly newspaper

rdf:langString Epigram is an independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol. It was established in 1988 by James Landale, now a senior BBC journalist, who studied politics at Bristol. Former editor of The Daily Telegraph, William Lewis, was a writer for Epigram in its early years. Epigram is produced monthly during term time, and as of April 2021 the newspaper has reached 357 editions. It is available as a paper edition distributed freely around the university, with articles and discussion also appearing online. The website has now become key to Epigram's output, with tens of thousands of hits each month. The paper follows a traditional newspaper layout: the front of the newspaper is devoted to news issues, particularly those concerning students at the university. With the addition of online editors for each of Epigram's 14 sections in order to update the paper's growing website, it now has a 70-strong editorial team mostly consisting of students from the second year and above (formal recruitment is carried out in the last term of an academic year). The current Co-Editors-in-Chief are students Filiz Gurer and Holly Beaumont, with Joe Marshall as Deputy Editor, and Flora Pick as Deputy Digital Editor. All students at the University are encouraged to write for the paper, with hundreds of students contributing each year. Each section of the paper has a weekly publicised meeting to discuss and allocate stories for the next edition - there are opportunities to join each section team at the Freshers' Fair at the beginning of the year or by emailing the relevant section editor.