MIT Tech Talk

MIT Tech Talk (abbreviated Tech Talk) was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's official newspaper from February 1957 until September 2009, when it ceased publication.^{[1][2]: 207 [3][4][5]} It was written and published by the MIT News Office, both in print and online, with print copies distributed throughout campus free of charge. The publication schedule was roughly weekly, with an issue out most Wednesdays during the academic term.^[6]

It was occasionally parodied by an unauthorized publication called Tich Tolk.^[2]: 160

See also

• MIT News, MIT's official online news source since 1994.

External links

• An MIT News search for articles previously published in Tech Talk

References

1. "Tech Talk". MIT Libraries. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
2. Peterson, T. F. (Institute Historian) (2011-03-11). Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262295017.
3. "Tech Talk Ceases Publication: MIT News Office Launches New Website". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
4. "After 52 years, Tech Talk ceases publication". MIT News. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
5. Lloyd, Maggie; Ranade, Vinayak (2 February 2010). "Economic Crisis Hits MIT, Necessitates Budget Cuts Throughout the Institute". The Tech. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
6. Tech Engineering News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1972. Additional opportunities are listed in Tech Talk, M.I.T.'s house organ. (So popular are the listings that the U.R.O.P. office has to make special plans to cover its telephones on Wednesdays, when Tech Talk is published.)