The Crimson, Cambridge’s only breakfast table daily, is published five days per week. The paper includes news about Harvard and from around the world, features on the Faculty, student life, the region and more.  It runs daily editorial and sports sections, as well as a popular weekend magazine called Fifteen Minutes, distributed on Thursdays, and a weekly Arts section, distributed on Fridays.

The Harvard Crimson is a multi-million-dollar corporation. Funded by subscriptions, contract printing, and advertising revenue, The Crimson is independent of the University. The Crimson operates out of its own building located at 14 Plympton Street, which houses its own printing presses, making it one of the few college newspapers in the country that publishes on its premises.

Writing for The Crimson offers students an opportunity to meet speakers like former Vice President Al Gore ’69, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Senator Evan Bayh, Senator John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Reporters also have had the chance to cover national stories like the arrest of Unabomber Ted J. Kaczynski ’62 and the 2000 and 2008 Presidential campaigns.

Former Crimson editors include: Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1904, John F. Kennedy ’40, Caspar W. Weinberger ’38, Michael Crichton ’64, Linda Greenhouse ’68, James M. Fallows ’70, Frank Rich '71, Michael E. Kinsley ’72, Steven A. Ballmer ’77, Mark T. Whitaker '79, Susan Faludi ’81,Nicholas D. Kristof '82 and Jeffrey A. Zucker '86. Former “Crimeds” have gone on to positions at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, among other national and international papers and newsmagazines. Business Board Crimeds consistently secure spots at top investment banking and consulting firms.