The Vermont Cynic

The Vermont Cynic
TypeWeekly student newspaper
FormatDigital
SchoolUniversity of Vermont
Editor-in-chiefSophia Balunek
Managing editorMaxine Thornton
News editorAndrew Gould
Opinion editorAyelet Kaminski
Founded1883
Political alignmentProgressive
HeadquartersBurlington, VT
ISSN0892-3132
Websitevtcynic.com

The Vermont Cynic, also known as The Cynic, is the award-winning, editorially-independent student newspaper of the University of Vermont (UVM). Founded in 1883, The Cynic was published in print for most of its history before fully transitioning to digital in 2022.[1]

Throughout its history, it has been recognized with multiple awards. In October 2011, it won the Associated Collegiate Press' Newspaper Pacemaker award,[2] widely known as the Pulitzer Prize of student journalism. In October 2012, The Vermont Cynic won the Associated Collegiate Press' Online Pacemaker award.[3] The Cynic won Diversity Story of the Year in 2016 from the ACP for its reporting on the history of "Kake Walk," a Minstrel show tradition at UVM's Winter Carnival that continued until 1969.[4] It was also a finalist for another Pacemaker award in 2017 and took second place in the environmental portrait category for the 2018 Photo of the Year.[5][6]

  1. ^ Ruehsen, Ella (2022-09-06). "Changing the Cynic for a changing world". The Vermont Cynic. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  2. ^ "2011 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners". Associated College Press. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "2012 ACP Online Pacemaker Winners". Associated College Press. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "ACP - 2016 Story of the Year".
  5. ^ "ACP - 2017 Newspaper Pacemakers".
  6. ^ "ACP - 2018 Photo of the Year".