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===Campus media=== ''University Radio Falmer'' (abbreviated to ''URF)'' is one of the first student radio stations in the country, founded in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thetab.com/uk/sussex/2016/10/23/sussex-radio-station-best-country-9339 |title= Getting to know the people behind the Sussex student radio |work=The Tab|date=23 October 2016|access-date=3 October 2017 }}</ref> It now broadcasts via [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|digital audio broadcasting]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14146305.Digital_radio_coverage_expanded_to_thousands_across_Sussex/ |title=Digital radio coverage expanded to thousands across Sussex|work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|date=15 December 2015|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> and via the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urfonline.com|title=URF Online|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> The station is unplaylisted, and broadcasts twenty-four hours a day from its studio in the Grade I listed Falmer House. ''URF'' also publishes student articles, interviews and news on its website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News & Events {{!}} URF {{!}} URF |url=https://www.urfonline.com/news-events/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=www.urfonline.com |language=en}}</ref> It won a bronze award in the "best scripted programming" category in the 2008 UK Student Radio Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/08/winners.php |access-date=26 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210063856/http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/08/winners.php |title=2008 Student Radio Awards|archive-date=10 February 2009 }}</ref> Alumni of the station include the former [[BBC Radio]] Director [[Helen Boaden]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/boaden_helen|work=BBC Corporate|title=Inside the BBC Helen Boaden, Former Director, Radio|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=22 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122074003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/boaden_helen|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sky News]] journalist Kit Bradshaw,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/newsandfeatures/successaftersussex/spotlighton/kitbradshaw|title=University of Sussex Development and Alumni Relations Kit Bradshaw|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> and [[BBC News]] presenter [[Clive Myrie]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Thomas |date=2022-03-03 |title=BBC's Clive Myrie's life in Sussex where he had 'turning point' in life |url=https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/clive-myrie-bbc-sussex-kyiv-6746140 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=sussexlive |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Badger (newspaper)|The Badger]]'' is the Union's fortnightly newspaper and is written and designed entirely by Sussex students. The paper is available to students and staff during term-time, covering news and sport on campus, as well as comment pieces, features, lifestyle and arts coverage. It also publishes content online. ''The Badger'' began in October 1995, having formerly been known as ''Unionews'' since the 1970s. The paper has since covered a variety of stories, including several on-campus occupations and the expulsion of five Sussex students for involvement in protests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/05/students-sussex-suspended|title=Five students at Sussex Uni banned from campus for 'peaceful protest'|first=Abby|last=Young-Powell|date=5 December 2013|work=The Guardian}}</ref> University of Sussex Student Television (abbreviated to ''UniTV)'' is a student television channel, launched in September 2010. UniTV is a member of NaSTA (National Student Television Association) and has won 7 NaSTA awards in the past three years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nasta.tv/awards/|title=NaSTA Conferences and Awards|work=NaSTA|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref>
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