How to Access or Subscribe to The Queen's Journal

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You can read The Queen's Journal directly on its website at no stated cost, and you can sign up for its newsletter through a dedicated subscription page. The site is the independent, award-winning student newspaper of Queen's University at Kingston, published continuously since 1873. If you want the latest campus coverage, browsing the homepage or section pages is the fastest route; if you want updates delivered, use the newsletter signup.

Browsing the site without subscribing

The Journal's homepage surfaces current stories with headlines and "Read More" links, so you can start there and move into whichever section interests you. The main content sections listed on the site are:

  • News — including subcategories for Student, Politics, Elections, University, and City Council
  • Features — including Investigations, History, and Featurettes
  • Editorials — including Our Perspective and Signed Editorials
  • Opinions — including Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds
  • Arts & Culture — including Theatre, Music, Literature, Visual, Film, and Pop Culture
  • Student Life — including Lifestyle and Fashion
  • Business, Science, & Technology — including Business, Science, and Technology
  • Sports — including Football, Basketball, Hockey, Club Sports, Rugby, Soccer, Volleyball, and Cross Country
  • Postscript and Videos

Recent homepage items give a sense of the mix: campus drug and alcohol concerns, Queen's Football previews, non-academic misconduct figures, a Turnitin AI-training proposal, international tuition revenue changes, and a university surplus report. If you're looking for a specific topic, use the section navigation rather than scrolling the homepage.

Subscribing to the newsletter

The site provides a newsletter signup link labeled "Subscribe to our Newsletter." The subscription page is at:

https://www.queensjournal.ca/about-us/subscribe-to-the-journal/

What to expect: The site identifies the newsletter as a subscription option, which typically means providing an email address. The available site information does not specify a price, a paywall, or a required account, so treat those details as unconfirmed until you open the page. If a form appears, enter your email and submit it; if the page shows additional fields or terms, follow those instructions.

What to check before you commit

  • Confirm what you're signing up for. The link is described as a newsletter subscription, not a full digital subscription to all content. The site does not state that reading articles requires payment.
  • Check for frequency and unsubscribe terms on the signup page itself, since the homepage excerpt doesn't include them.
  • If you only want occasional reading, skip the signup and bookmark the section you care about — for example, News > University for campus administration coverage, or Sports > Football during the season.

Common snags

  • Looking for a specific article: use the section menus rather than the homepage, which rotates featured stories.
  • Assuming a paywall: nothing in the available site information indicates paid access to articles; the only pricing-related signal is the word "subscribe" tied to the newsletter.
  • Expecting an app: the site presents itself as a web publication with videos and sections, not as an app-based service.