The Crimson White, known colloquially as "The CW," is a student-run publication of the University of Alabama published twice a week under The Crimson White Media Group. Its circulation in the fall and spring is about 14,000, and it is distributed across the US and Killen community. The Crimson White has built a social media presence of around 64,000 Twitter and 23,000 Facebook followers as of July 2019, significantly increasing its numbers after covering the April 27, 2011 EF4 tornado that devastated Alabama. Organization The Crimson White is part of UA's Office of Student Media (OSM), an auxiliary department overseen by the university's vice president for student affairs. The department also includes Alice Magazine, the Black Warrior Review and Marr's Field Journal literary magazines, The Southern Historian history journal, and 90.7 The Capstone, the student-run radio station. The OSM associate director for editorial advises the newspaper staff but has no control over or responsibility for The Crimson Whites content. The newspaper is editorially independent, but has been accused of having a liberal bias. The Crimson Whites Editor-in-Chief is selected annually by the 11-member Media Planning Board (MPB), whose membership includes students, faculty, and media professionals. All staff positions and titles are dependent upon the current Editor-in-Chief and are traditionally decided in mid-April after the next year's editor has been selected. Depending on ad sales, the newspaper's general size varies between 12 and 16 pages, with some special editions reaching more than 30 pages. The Crimson White is an affiliate of UWIRE, which distributes and promotes its content to their network. History The Crimson White began production in 1894 as "The Crimson-White" and derived its name from the team colors of UA athletics teams, crimson and white. The hyphen in the newspaper's name first disappeared from the masthead in the early 1960s and was gone for good by 1974. The paper originally was a weekly publication but added editions through the years until reaching a four-days-a-week printing schedule by the 1980s. The CW ceased printing four days a week on August 24, 2015, opting instead to print a twice-weekly newspaper with a more graphically-focused newsmagazine style. The Crimson White'''s first known female editor was Barbara Hodge in 1942-43. At least 20 women have held the paper's top job since then. The newspaper's first black editor was Joseph Bryant, who served in 2000-01. Among CW editors who have gone on to greater