Universitas (newspaper)

Universitas
Print edition of Universitas 2. of March 2023.
TypeWeekly paper
FormatTabloid
PublisherAmedia
Editor-in-chiefAlida de Lange d'Agostino
LanguageNorwegian, English
HeadquartersUniversity of Oslo
CountryNorway
Websiteuniversitas.no

Universitas is a weekly newspaper edited and written by students in Oslo, Norway. It has its editorial offices at the University of Oslo and has been published every week since 1946. With a weekly circulation of 17,000 and 30 publications a year,[1] as well as around 30,000 page viewings a week,[1] Universitas is one of the largest student papers in Europe. It is distributed every Thursday morning on 28 places of higher learning in Oslo.[2]

Universitas is publicly funded through the fiscal budget, and is partly paid for by the students' semester fee.[3] It employs around 30 journalists and photographers paid per contribution as freelancers, in addition to a full time news editor and editor in chief. The paper also employs a full time chief operating officer. Current editor in chief is Dagny Mathilde Mohn. News editor is Thea Eide.[4]

The newspaper has produced a large array of norwegian writers, journalists, critics, editors, as well as several members of the Norwegian Public Broadcasting Corporation.[5]

  1. ^ a b Fauconnier, Morgane (2021-10-11). "Universitas 75 år: – Avisa er et idealistisk prosjekt som formes av selve redaksjonen". www.journalisten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ "Om Universitas - Universitas". www.universitas.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ^ "Velferdstingets Medieundersøkelse - SiO-studentenes bruk av og holdning til studentmediene Universitas, Inside, Argument og Radio Nova" [The Norwegian Welfare Board's Media Survey - SiO students' use of and attitude towards the student media Universitas, Inside, Argument and Radio Nova] (PDF) (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ "Kontakt oss - Universitas". www.universitas.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  5. ^ Fauconnier, Morgane (2021-10-11). "Universitas 75 år: – Avisa er et idealistisk prosjekt som formes av selve redaksjonen". www.journalisten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-02-07.