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{{Infobox newspaper |
name = The Doon School Weekly |
logo = [[File:The Doon School Weekly logo.jpg|200px]] |
image = File:Doon School Weekly 2019.jpg |
caption = Front page of ''The Doon School Weekly'' (February 23, 2019) |
type = [[Weekly newspaper|Weekly]] [[student newspaper]] |
owners = [[The Doon School]]|
format = [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]] |
foundation = 1936 by [[Arthur Foot]]|
political = None|
language = English|
publisher =Indian Public Schools' Society|
headquarters = Publications Room, Arts and Media Centre<br>[[The Doon School]]<br>[[Dehradun]]-248001<br>India |
circulation = c. 1000 print issues |
website = http://www.doonschool.com/about-us/publications/past-weeklies/
}}

'''''The Doon School Weekly''''' (informally '''''Weekly''''') is a [[student newspaper]] produced by and for the students of [[The Doon School]].<ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/put-him-down-for-doon</ref> It was established in 1936, a year after the school's founding, by the first headmaster [[Arthur Foot]]. The ''Weekly'' is the oldest and flagship publication of the school, and the newspaper's constitution grants it [[editorial independence]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/02/24/stories/2002022400630800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020428043058/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/02/24/stories/2002022400630800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 April 2002 |title=Climb every mountain |last=Futehally |first=Laeeq |date=24 February 2002 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

The paper, distributed every Saturday morning, carries a mix of reports on school activities, trips or expeditions, opinion pieces, critique of school policies, interviews of visiting speakers, student polls, puzzles, cartoons (known as '''Dosco Doodle''<nowiki/>'), and creative writing, including short stories, poetry, satire or personal essays. The alumni keep up to date with the developments at school through the newspaper, which is also published online on [[The Doon School|The Doon School's]] official website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/state-editions/a-beloved-teacher-of-the-doon-school.html|title=A beloved teacher of the Doon School|first=The|last=Pioneer|website=The Pioneer}}</ref>

Notable alumni in the fields of literature, journalism, politics and academia, including [[Vikram Seth]], [[Amitav Ghosh]], [[Ramachandra Guha]], [[Karan Thapar]], have been former editors of the publication.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/from-doon-school-to-jnanpith-award--amitav-ghosh---s-amazing-journey.html|title=From Doon School to Jnanpith Award: Amitav Ghosh's amazing journey|first=The|last=Pioneer|website=The Pioneer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/nature-cricket-literature-history-1502519395.html|title=Of nature, cricket, literature and history|date=29 October 2017}}</ref> ''The Weekly''<nowiki/>'s sister publications at the school are ''Infinity'', ''The Doon School Information Review'', ''The Circle'', and ''The Yearbook''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kimonen|first=Eija|title=Education and Society in Comparative Context|year=2015|publisher=[[Springer Publishing]]|isbn=9789463003735|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmM-CwAAQBAJ|page=143|quote=In addition to producing a conventional yearbook, the students also produced other periodicals, such as the school's special publications: ''The Doon School Information Review''...and the scientific bi-annual ''The Echo'' and ''Cosmos''.}}</ref>

==History==
Founded by Arthur Foot in 1936, ''The Doon School Weekly'' is owned by Indian Public Schools' Society, the governing society of [[The Doon School]]. For the first three years of its existence, the newspaper was produced using a [[Cyclostyle (copier)|cyclostyle]], and then moved to a printing press.<ref>{{cite book|last=Martyn|first=Mady|title=Martyn Sahib, the Story of John Martyn of the Doon School|year=1985|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdU2AAAAIAAJ |page=120|quote=''The Doon School Weekly'' became an important feature of the school life and for many boys an education in itself. For the first three years the ''Weekly'' was cyclostyled. While this was not as neat as printing, it had the advantages that it was easy to reproduce drawings.}}</ref> A number of the ''Weekly'''s contributors or editors are today working as authors, journalists, academics or politicians. The list includes Booker Prize-nominee [[Amitav Ghosh]] (class of 1972); playwright, poet and novelist [[Vikram Seth]] (class of 1970); editors, reporters and columnists for ''[[The Economic Times]]'', ''[[Forbes]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''; a number of staff writers for ''[[The Times of India]]'' newspaper such as [[Swaminathan Aiyar]] and veteran editor [[B G Verghese]], including broadcaster [[Karan Thapar]] (class of 1971), historian [[Ramchandra Guha]] (class of 1973), and politician [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]] (class of 1967); and Hindi language writer [[Vishvjit Singh]] (class of 1964); Foreign Secretary [[Uma Shankar Bajpai]] (class of 1936); [[Wajahat Habibullah]] (class of 1963) and [[Inder Pal Khosla]] (class of 1954); television-presenter [[Prannoy Roy]] and [[Tejeshwar Singh]] (class of 1965); and [[Mahmood Farooqui]] (class of 1979).<ref>[[Chhota Hazri]] Days:A Dosco's Yatra (2010) p.42</ref><ref>Chhota Hazri Days:A Dosco's Yatra (2010) p.153</ref><ref>The Doon School Chronicles (1996) p.55</ref> On April 14, 2018, the ''Weekly'' published its 2,500th edition, commemorating 82 years of its existence. The edition includes contributions from previous chief-editors such as [[Karan Thapar]], [[Kanti Bajpai]], Rahul Bhagat and Govind Dhar.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hK-gHFw8OUC&pg=PA119&dq=doon+school+weekly#q=doon+school+weekly|title=The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses|first=David|last=MacDougall|date=20 July 2018|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0691121567|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywJr_YysE7wC&pg=PA25&dq=doon+school+weekly#q=doon+school+weekly|title=Psychology in International Perspective|first1=U. P.|last1=Gielen|first2=L.|last2=Loeb-Adler|first3=N.|last3=Milgram|date=1 January 1992|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9789026512360|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Structure and operations==
The Weekly's editorial board is staffed by boys between year groups 9 and 12 at the school, with students in their final year leading the publication and taking key decisions. The selection process for the editorial board is competitive and consists of a written examination and personal interview with the board's leadership. The editor-in-chief, appointed by the school's administration, is the publication's chief executive and is responsible for content and day-to-day operations. He is assisted by the editors, the second-highest positions on the Editorial Board, who are also students in their final year of school. The length of a standard issue of the ''Weekly'' is 6-8 pages on legal-size ivory white paper. A special edition, released on the Saturday of the school's annual Founder's Day, is printed in the form of a magazine. The ''Weekly'' is accessible in print on the school's premises, and is also available online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doonschool.com/about-us/publications/past-weeklies/|title=Past Weeklies|website=Doon School}}</ref>

==Notable former members==
*[[Vikram Seth]] ('69, [[Editor-in-chief]]) – Novelist, poet, librettist and playwright <ref name="auto">'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.24</ref>
*[[Swaminathan Aiyar]] ('60, [[Editor-in-chief]]) – former India correspondent of ''[[The Economist]]''; editor of ''[[The Economic Times]]'' and ''[[The Times of India]]''
*[[Amitav Ghosh]] ('73, [[Editor]]) – Novelist, former editor of ''[[Indian Express]]'' <ref name="auto"/>
*[[Ramchandra Guha]] ('73, Contributor) – Historian <ref name="auto"/>
*[[Karan Thapar]] ('71, Editor-in-chief) – Broadcaster for [[CNBC]], [[BBC]] & [[CNN-IBN]]<ref name="auto1">'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.25</ref>
*[[Prannoy Roy]] ('64, [[Editor]]) – Founder of [[New Delhi Television]]<ref>'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.27</ref>
*[[Mani Shankar Aiyar]] ('58, Editor) – former [[Union Cabinet]] minister for [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Karan Singh]] ('49, Contributor) – [[Rajya Sabha]] member <ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Naveen Patnaik]] ('64, Contributor) – [[List of Chief Ministers of Odisha|Chief Minister of Odisha]]<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Vishvjit Singh]] ('64, Contributor) – Poet and member of [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="auto2">'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.28</ref>
*[[Wajahat Habibullah]] ('63, Contributor) – [[Information Commissioner|Chief Information Commissioner of India]] and chairman of the [[National Minorities Commission]]<ref name="auto2"/>
*[[B G Verghese]] ('58, Contributor) Editor of ''[[Indian Express]]'' (1982–86) and ''[[The Times of India]]'' (1986–2005); [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] winner <ref name="auto3">'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.33</ref>
*[[Tejeshwar Singh]] ('65, Editor) – Indian publisher, newscaster <ref name="auto3"/>
*[[Vikram Chandra (NDTV)|Vikram Chandra]] ('83, Editor) – Broadcaster, news-presenter for [[New Delhi Television]] (NDTV) <ref name="auto3"/>
*[[Ardashir Vakil]] ('78, Editor) – Novelist <ref>'History of the Weekly', The Doon School (2009) p.32</ref>
*[[Kanti Bajpai]] ('72, Editor-in-chief) – Former Headmaster of [[The Doon School]] and Vice Dean of the [[Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy]]

==References==
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===Further reading===
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=jc-9-rsFLxQC&pg=PA241&dq=doon+school+weekly&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t_j7T6HOFs_qrQe61NjUBg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=doon%20school%20weekly&f=false Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School] by Sanjay Srivastava, Routledge (1995)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=vUnF8fl2dzcC&pg=PA229&dq=doon+school+weekly&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t_j7T6HOFs_qrQe61NjUBg&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=doon%20school%20weekly&f=false An Indian Englishman] by [[Jack Gibson (schoolmaster)|Jack Gibson]] (2008)

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