The Daily Eastern News
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The Daily Eastern News is a student-run newspaper published for the community of Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a...

 in Charleston, Illinois
Charleston, Illinois
Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,838 as of the 2010 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor Mattoon, Illinois...

. The newspaper was founded in 1915 http://media.www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2005/11/04/News/The-News.Turns.90-1045667.shtml and publishes on weekdays during the school year and twice-weekly in the summer. It currently has a daily circulation of about 9,000. http://www.dennews.com/contactus/. The DEN is often noted for its liberal views often pointing fingers out Christians and Republicans.

The newspaper includes news, sports, features, opinions and special sections, as well as the weekly entertainment section "The Verge." The paper has won numerous state and national awards, including several Pacemaker awards. http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp_a=sp01089f00&sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=%22daily+eastern+news%22

The paper's editorial, production, and advertising staff are composed entirely of students from a range of degree programs. The newspaper's faculty adviser is Lola Burnham.

The Daily Eastern News is printed adjacent to the newsroom on the university's Goss printing press. Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a state university located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a...

 is one of only three universities in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to run its own newspaper printing press http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/student-media-board-votes-to-sell-press-1.1309992 and is one of the smallest universities in the country to have a daily newspaper.http://www.eiu.edu/~journal/text/media/media.html

The newspaper was founded on Nov. 5, 1915 as the Normal School News, as the university was then known as Eastern Illinois State Normal School. The paper was renamed Teacher's College News and Eastern State News before its current name was chosen in 1980. http://media.www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2005/11/04/News/The-News.Turns.90-1045667.shtml

Notable alumni of the newspaper include Wall Street Journal reporter Cam Simpson, Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

 national editor Chris Sundheim, and several Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

winners. http://www.eiu.edu/~journal/Spring08-30-.pdf

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