The Yale Herald

The Yale Herald^[2] is a newspaper run by undergraduate students at Yale University since 1986. Published weekly, the paper covers campus and local events and aims to provide in-depth investigative reporting; it also includes essays, interviews, creative writing, opinion pieces, culture articles, and reviews.^[3] The paper has a circulation of more than 2,000 and is distributed free of charge throughout Yale’s campus.^[4]

The Yale Herald

Type	Weekly student publication
School	Yale University
Editor-in-chief	Oscar Heller, Will Sussbauer (2025-26)[1]
Founded	1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Circulation	2,000
Website	yale-herald.com

Notable alumni

Journalists

• Molly Ball, senior political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
• Anne Barnard: Beirut bureau chief, The New York Times
• Joshua Benton: director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University
• Carl Bialik: reporter, FiveThirtyEight
• Kevin Delaney: editor-in-chief, Quartz
• Ben Greenman: novelist, staffer at The New Yorker
• Ed Park: senior editor of Amazon Publishing's Little A literary fiction imprint
• Bradley Peniston: editor, Armed Forces Journal
• Tiffany Pham: founder, Mogul
• Nathaniel Rich: senior editor, The Paris Review
• Ben Smith: journalist, The New York Times; former editor-in-chief, BuzzFeed News
• Tatiana Schlossberg: American journalist and author
• Jack Schlossberg: American writer
• Jyoti Thottam: Op-Eds business and economics editor, The New York Times;^[5] former South Asia bureau chief, Time
• Jon Wertheim: covers sports for Sports Illustrated, 60 Minutes, and the Tennis Channel.
• Jessica Winter: arts editor, Time^[6]

Other

• Peter Beinart: senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Andrew J. Gerber: Medical Director/CEO, Austen Riggs Center
• Michael Gerber, founder, The American Bystander
• John Hodgman: author, humorist, The Daily Show correspondent
• Stephen Lange Ranzini: president/CEO, University Bank
• Demetri Martin: humorist, actor
• Matt Matros: professional poker player
• Greg Pak: filmmaker, Marvel Comics writer
• Jill Savitt: executive director, Dream for Darfur
• Josh Shelov: director of original programming, NBC Sports
• Allison Silverman: executive producer, The Colbert Report