The Minnesota Daily is the campus
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of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, published Monday-Thursday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. Published since 1900, the paper is one of the largest student-run and student-written newspapers in the
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and the fifth-largest paper in the state of
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. The paper is independent from the University, but receives $550,000 worth of University funding.
The Daily has a distribution of 20,000 copies per day - available at over 200 locations on and near campus free of charge, as it is largely funded by
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.
The Minnesota Daily is the campus
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, published Monday-Thursday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. Published since 1900, the paper is one of the largest student-run and student-written newspapers in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the fifth-largest paper in the state of
MinnesotaMinnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the...
. The paper is independent from the University, but receives $550,000 worth of University funding.
The Daily has a distribution of 20,000 copies per day - available at over 200 locations on and near campus free of charge, as it is largely funded by
advertisingAdvertising is a form of communication used to influence individuals to purchase products or services or support political candidates or ideas. Frequently it communicates a message that includes the name of the product or service and how that product or service could potentially benefit the consumer...
. A typical edition has about a dozen pages, with a special sports section every Monday and
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&
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section every Thursday. The Daily also provides readers with several special issues, including voters guides, employment guides, housing guides, survival guides (published the first day of school) and even parody issues - distributed during finals weeks.
The Minnesota Daily is entirely student-run and student-written, with an average staff of 175 students per semester. The newspaper dually operates as a training institution, providing students with real work experience in
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,
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,
editingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing language, images, sound, video, or film through processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media...
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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production,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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programming. In addition, many students gain leadership and delegation skills in the
Daily's many
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positions.
History
Starting in 1877, the student newspaper/magazine at the University of Minnesota was called the
Ariel. In 1899, another local newspaper called
Football was started by Horace Bagley, Mike Luby and Clarence Miller. Unlike the
Ariel, it was published daily. In response, the publishers of the Ariel decided to become a daily paper as well, giving birth to the
Minnesota Daily.
There have been a number of notable individuals to work at the paper, including former NAACP leader
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, longtime
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correspondent
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, radio personality
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and musician
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.
The Minnesota Daily was the first college newspaper to provide access to its coverage via the
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in 1990. The
Daily website publishes each day's stories in addition to exclusive web videos, photo slideshows, and additional features.
In 2001, the popular
A&E section of the
Daily was suddenly shut down by student managers of the paper, which generated much criticism among readers and
Daily alumni. Garrison Keillor, who had written for the section while a student at the university, said the choice to shutter the section "is not a decision that journalists would have made, and it diminishes the prestige of the paper." The section was quickly relaunched.
Awards
The Minnesota Daily: Awards & Recognitions
Associated College Press:
- 2005 - Best of the Midwest
- 2005 - All-American Rating
- 2005 - First Place (four-year college broadsheet)
- 2005 - Best Arts & Entertainment Section
CNBAM:
- 2005 - Best in Category: Media Kit
- 2005 - First Place (classified group promotion - Housing Guide)
- 2008 - First Place Promotional Campaign, Circulation 40k+ (2008 Grapevine Awards)
- 2008 - Designer of the Year
- 2009 - Second Place Best Rate Card/Media Kit
- 2009 - First Place Best Newspaper Marketing Promotion Plan
- 2009 - Third Place Best Sales Incentive Plan
- 2009 - Second Place Best Electronic Banner Ad / House
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:
- 2005 - Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper (2nd place)
- 14 Marks of Excellence
Notable alumni
- Brian J. Coyle, an American community leader, elected official, and gay activist and writer for the Minnesota Daily in the 1960s
- Keith Maurice Ellison, an American lawyer, politician, and a Democrat member of Congress. While a law student in 1989 and 1990, Ellison wrote several columns as Keith E. Hakim in the Minnesota Daily
- Dick Guindon
Richard Gordon Guindon is an American cartoonist best known for his gag panel, Guindon. Dick Guindons cartoons have appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune, The Realist and the Detroit Free Press...
, American cartoonist best known for his gag panel, Guindon and cartoonist at the Minnesota Daily
- Robert E. Hillard
Robert E. Hillard , together with his friend and business partner Alfred Fleishman, established Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, Missouri in 1946...
founder of the public relations agency Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, Missouri and editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Daily from 1938-39
- James Lileks
James Lileks is an American journalist, columnist, and blogger living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.- Career :Lileks has had a wide-ranging career as a columnist, radio personality, author, and prominent blogger....
, an American journalist, columnist, and blogger and columnist at the Minnesota daily who wrote under the pen name "James r. Lileks"
- Maud Hart Lovelace
Maud Hart Lovelace was an American author best known for the Betsy-Tacy series.- Early life :Maud was born in Mankato, Minnesota on 214 Center street, the daughter of shoe store owner Tom Hart and Stella Palmer Hart. Maud was the middle child; her sisters were Kathleen and Helen...
, American author best known for the Betsy-Tacy series and former employee of the Minnesota Daily
- Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman is an American editorial cartoonist based in Portland, Oregon. He has been The Oregonians cartoonist since 1983 and his work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services.-Biography:...
, an American editorial cartoonist and employee for the Minnesota Daily
- Joe Roche
Joseph Roche is an Iraq War veteran and conservative commentator.- Early life :Roche comes from a family of talented muscisians. Roche's father, also named Joesph Roche, was a native of Madras, India who came to the United States to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston Roche's mother...
, Iraq War veteran and political commentator who wrote a column for the Minnesota Daily in the 1990s
- Steve Sack
Steve Sack is an American cartoonist who, along with Craig Macintosh, draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles. Sack is also an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he started in 1981. Both Doodles and Sack's editorial cartoons are distributed by Creators...
, an American cartoonist who draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles and is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He illustrated features and drew editorial cartoons at the Minnesota Daily
- Hugh Smith
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, news anchor at WTVT in Tampa, Florida from 1963 to 1991 and editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Daily during the 1955-56 academic year.
- Ka Vang
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Hmong playwright, fiction writer and poet and reporter at the Minnesota Daily
- William Wade
William Warren Wade was an American war correspondent during World War II. He was a member of an eight man team of journalists who flew bombing missions over Germany with the U.S. Air Force while he was working for the International News Service.- Early life :Wade was born in Manhattan, son of a...
, American war correspondent during World War II and copy desk chief at the Minnesota Daily from 1936-1939
- Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins most notable role was in his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People .During his latter life Wilkins was frequently referred to as the 'senior statesman'...
, a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s and one time journalist at the Minnesota Daily
See also
- City Pages
City Pages is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It features news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism. It is printed in a tabloid format, and is available free every Wednesday...
- MinnPost.com
MinnPost.com also known as MinnPost is a non-profit news website in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a focus on investigative journalism and Minnesota news. The paper offers "front page" news stories and interactive "posts" by reporters and readers based on the paper's original reporting...
- St. Paul Pioneer Press
The St. Paul Pioneer Press is a newspaper based in St. Paul, Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Circulation is heaviest in the eastern metro region, including Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, along with western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Anoka County,...
- Star Tribune
The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. A statewide version is also available across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota...