The Tropolitan, Troy University’s student-run newspaper, serves as a forum for the entire university community from students and faculty to staff and townspeople. As such, it presents information and viewpoints that readers can enjoy and use.

In pursuit of these goals, Tropolitan staff members are committed to presenting information honestly and fairly. The Trop strives to give its readers the kind of information they can make decisions on.

As a student-run newspaper, the Trop depends on the diligence and interest of students who want to perfect their journalistic skills. Working for the Trop can provide much-valued experience to students that will help them in their future career.

The Trop’s adherence to the highest standards of journalism and fair reporting has brought regional and national acclaim to the paper and its writers..
They have won awards from the Southeast Journalism Conference and the Society of Professional Journalists as the best paper in the region and have competed at the national level for similar honors.

The Trop is an independent voice that reports on the people, places and things that make up Troy University.

It fought for this independence, winning a case in federal court that held that newspapers at state institutions enjoyed First Amendment rights of freedom from censorship and of freedom of speech.

Because the practice of journalism takes practice, the Trop seeks to provide as many students as possible with the chance to write, edit, photograph, lay out and design pages, and manage staff.

The resulting product may lack a professional sheen, but the Trop will never knowingly print anything but the truth and the whole truth.

It is this commitment to truth, independence and adherence to the highest journalistic standards that sets the Tropolitan apart.

The Tropolitan is a weekly newspaper published on Thursdays of the Troy University fall and spring semesters.