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The Chronicle is the student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The Chronicle was first published as The Trinity Chronicle on December 19, 1905. The paper's name was changed to The Chronicle when Trinity College was renamed Duke University following a generous donation by James Buchanan Duke. Considered one of the finest college newspapers in the United States, The Chronicle commands a budget of more than $1 million and employs a staff of 120.
The Chronicle has a print readership of roughly 40,000, and its website, The Chronicle Online, has an average of more than 70,000 hits each day. In 2005, the paper won Best in Show in the tabloid division at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media Convention in Kansas City and also finished in second place in Editorials. In addition, the monthly newsmagazine Towerview took home fifth-place honors in the magazine division. *
Ryan McCartney of New York is the current editor of the 102nd Volume of The Chronicle. He is a graduate of Regis High School in New York City.
The journalist and New York Magazine founder Clay Felker was an editor of The Chronicle while a student at Duke in the 1950s.
Washington Post sports reporter John Feinstein was a sports writer for The Chronicle.
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