Palatinate (newspaper)

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Palatinate

Scribere historiam Dunelmensis
Front page from 5 December 2013
Type	Fortnightly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Publisher	Durham Students' Union
Editor-in-chief	Elliot Burrin and Will Dixon
Founded	17 March 1948; 76 years ago (1948-03-17)
Headquarters	Dunelm House, Durham
Website	palatinate.org.uk

Palatinate is the student newspaper of Durham University. One of Britain's oldest student publications, Palatinate is frequently ranked as one of the leading student outlets in the UK and Ireland, winning Best Publication in the Student Publication Association's 2018 and 2021 national awards.^[1] In the same year Palatinate was Highly Commended in the Best Publication category of the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme's Student Journalism Awards. Several of its editors have gone on to gain national recognition in journalism.

The name of the newspaper derives from the colour Palatinate, a shade of purple closely associated with the university and derived from County Durham's political history as a County Palatine. It published its first edition on 17 March 1948 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2018.

Palatinate is published on a fortnightly basis during term time, and its editors-in-chief are elected by the editorial board. The paper emphasises news and investigations about Durham University, and also includes sports, science, comment, satire, and a pull-out arts and lifestyle magazine, Indigo.

Durham Students’ Union previously paid for the publication of Palatinate, but the organisation now relies mostly on advertising and alumni donations to continue printing.^[2]

In April 2020, Palatinate launched a video side, Palatinate TV - now PalTV.^[3] Combined, over 180 student volunteers work for the newspaper and video outlet.