{"id":2452,"date":"2017-10-30T16:23:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:14:22","slug":"happy-45th-birthday-gair-rhydd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/2017\/10\/30\/happy-45th-birthday-gair-rhydd\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 45th birthday, Gair Rhydd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">On 3 October, the critically acclaimed\u00a0<em>Gair Rhydd <\/em>celebrated its 45<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. Cardiff University&#8217;s student newspaper came into being in 1972; nearly half a century on, and with more than 1,000 issues under its belt, it is more widely read than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by John Hartley and Dave Aldrige, the very first editorial stated that <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em> would exist as a \u201cfree\u201d paper: \u201cFree because you don\u2019t pay for it, and free because you can say what you want in it\u201d. <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em> also became the first Cardiff-based newspaper to publish under a Welsh language title \u2013 Gair Rhydd translates to English as \u201cfree word\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The student weekly has achieved a lot since; and has won numerous high profile awards including \u2018best newspaper\u2019 at the Guardian Student Media Awards, and recently received a raft of commendations from the Student Publication Association.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the evolution which comes with an ever-changing editorial team, <em>Gair Rhydd <\/em>has remained steadfast in its adherence to its \u201cfree word\u201d moniker. The paper has never been afraid to stand up for students or to represent their perspectives; to this day, it remains staunchly loyal to the interests of its readership across its 8 sub-sections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the emergence of digital publishing, <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em> can still be found in print across campus. Nor has middle age dampened its innovative look and feel \u2013 the <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em> masthead sits proudly atop a publication that is continually developing in terms of design, content and voice.<\/p>\n<p>Countless numbers of Cardiff alumni have contributed to <em>Gair Rhydd\u2019<\/em>s growth and success; so whether you were an editor, contributor, or simply a reader \u2013 tell us your story, and join us in saying: happy birthday <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Feeling nostalgic?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/gairrhydd\/docs\/issue1\">You can read the very first issue of <em>Gair Rhydd<\/em> online<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On 3 October, the critically acclaimed Gair Rhydd celebrated its 45th birthday. Cardiff University's student newspaper came into being in 1972; nearly half a century on, and with more than a 1000 issues under its belt, it is more widely read than ever.","protected":false},"author":1106,"featured_media":2457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}