Minnesota Daily

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Minnesota Daily

Type	Daily/Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	N/A
Publisher	Anna Weggel, Anna Sauser, Scott Sailer
Editor	Anna Weggel
Founded	1900
Political allegiance	Liberal editoral
Headquarters	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Website: www.mndaily.com

The Minnesota Daily is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, published every weekday 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 States and the fourth-largest paper in the state of Minnesota. The paper runs independently from the University, although some funding comes from campus. 24,000 copies are distributed daily - available at over 200 locations on and near campus free of charge, as it is largely funded by advertising. A typical edition has about a dozen pages, with a special sports section every Monday and arts & entertainment 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 journalism, photography, editing, advertising sales, marketing, finance, graphic design, editorial & advertising production, human resources, information systems, public relations, survey research and web programming. In addition, many students gain leadership and delegation skills in the Daily's many management positions.

There have been a number of notable individuals to work at the paper, including former NAACP leader Roy Wilkins, longtime CBS correspondent Harry Reasoner, radio personality Garrison Keillor and musician Bob Dylan.

The Minnesota Daily was the first college newspaper to provide access to its coverage via the Internet in 1990. The Daily website publishes each day's stories in addition to exclusive web videos, photo slideshows, and additional features.

The Minnesota Daily won numerous awards in 2005, some highlights from each conference are:

Associated College Press: