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. Staff also produce www.gwhatchet.com, which receives about 300,000 page views per month.

The Society of Professional Journalists named The Hatchet the best non-daily student newspaper in the nation for 2003-2004, and again in 2006-2007. The newspaper is also a winner of the 2005 Pacemaker, 2008 Pacemaker and 2008 Online Pacemaker awards, given out by 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.