ABOUT US

WHO ARE WE?

The Louisville Cardinal is the student news source at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is now exclusively online at louisvillecardinal.com. The Cardinal was founded in 1926. The Cardinal serves as an outlet for aspiring student journalists. Ralph Merkel is the faculty adviser and Jai’Michael Anderson is editor-in-chief.

DISCLOSURE POLICY

The Louisville Cardinal’s student journalists value ethics and transparency as part of our approach to reporting, editing, storytelling and editorial platforms. Disclosure is a key part of this process for all major donations. As part of our commitment to ethics and transparency, Louisville Cardinal’s news policy is to disclose any associations that could be perceived as conflicts of interest. Our goal is to make clear that donations and advertising support do not influence our newsroom, our work or our editorial decisions. Our standard practice is to disclose conflicts at the footer of published stories when Cardinal staff or advisers are aware of them.

OUR DONORS

The Louisville Cardinal would like to thank the following supporters, who have contributed individually or through charitable foundations at least $1,000 during the last 10 years.

  • Women in Philanthropy Chapter, University of Louisville
  • Bill Bishop
  • Matthew and Brooke Brown Barzun
  • Sandra Frazier
  • Mike Kallay
  • Don and Ann Kohler
  • John McCall
  • Sam Rechter
  • Thomas Noland and Vivian Sawyer
  • John and Catherine Yarmuth

HOW TO SUPPORT

Those interested in supporting The Cardinal can donate to U of L’s College of Arts & Sciences at this link. All funds go directly to student journalists who will make spending decisions with support from an adviser. In the past, donations have been used to support operating costs and award submissions.