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The GW Hatchet

The GW Hatchet, founded in 1904, is an editorially and financially independent newspaper serving The George Washington University community in downtown Washington, D.C. It is the second oldest newspaper in the city.

About 35 paid staff members and 100 volunteers help put out two issues of the newspaper each week. When warranted, stories are posted in between issues at www.gwhatchet.com, which receives about 300,000 page views per month.

The Society of Professional Journalists named The Hatchet the best non-daily college newspaper in the country for 2003-2004. The newspaper is also a winner of the 2005 Pacemaker award, given out in October 2005 by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Hatchet counts five Pulitzer Prize winners among its alumni.

The newspaper is produced by Hatchet Publications, Inc., an independent, non-profit corporation. It is headquartered in a townhouse at 2140 G Street, N.W.