Varsity (Cambridge) and a separate editor controls a special edition May Week issue (or, in some years, daily May Week issues) at the end of the academic year. Many of those who wrote for the paper during their student days have since gone on to achieve distinction in later life. Famous ex-editors include the BBC news presenters Jeremy Paxman and David Frost, film director Michael Winner, the television presenter Richard Whiteley, former "Financial Times" editor Andrew Gowers, "Independent" editor Amol Rajan, "i" editor Oliver Duff, novelist Robert Harris, novelist and biographer Graham Lord, historian Jonathan Spence, Factory Records founder Tony Wilson and
The Daily Gamecock by the South Carolina Press Association for excellence for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Eight "Gamecock" staffers drove to hurricane-affected areas in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi to report on the story. The Daily Gamecock was awarded a "Top 10" national ranking by the Princeton Review in 2013 (#10). It was ranked No. 17 in 2011, the first time the newspaper appeared in the annual rankings. The newspaper has a staff of more than 50 students, both paid and volunteers. The paper's main staff are appointed by the editor-in-chief. The Daily Gamecock The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the editorially