The Daily Iowan

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

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Publisher	William Casey
Editor	Meghan Sims (current)
Founded	1868
Headquarters	E141 Adler Journalism Building Iowa City, IA 52242 United States
Circulation	19,500 Daily

Website: www.dailyiowan.com

The Daily Iowan is an independent, 19,500-circulation daily paper serving Iowa City and the University of Iowa community. It has consistently won a number of collegiate journalism awards, including multiple National Pacemaker Awards, and is generally regarded as one of the finest student newspapers in the country.

George Gallup, creator of the Gallup poll, served as editor of The Daily Iowan in the early 1920s. The newspaper's publisher is William Casey, who has served in the post since 1976. He is credited with starting the newspaper's scholarship program for talented future journalists, who have since worked at news agencies such as The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The St. Petersburg Times, The Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune, The Des Moines Register, and the Times-Picayune.

Tony Phan is the Web Editor. Beau Elliot is the newspaper's copy chief and Tuesday columnist.

2006-07 Staff:

Editor-in-chief is Meghan Sims. Jane Slusark is the paper's managing editor.
Metro Editors include: Erika Binegar, Seung Min Kim, and Ray Mattson.
Arts and Culture Editors are Jenna Sauers and Louis Virtel.
Opinions Editor is Laura Michaels.
Sports Editor is Charlie Kautz.
Photo Editor is Ben Roberts, who recently won an award from the Iowa Newspaper Association for his photographs after the April 13, 2006 tornadoes.
The publication's award-winning design staff is headed by Brittany Volk. Nelle Dunlap serves as Graphics Editor.
Emileigh Barnes and Kelsey Beltramea head the DI's criminal and legal affairs coverage. Barnes covers the Iowa City Police Department, and Beltramea covers the Johnson County courts.
Terry McCoy covers the state Board of Regents.
Neal Sauerberg covers national politics.
Ashton Shurson covers the University of Iowa Administration.
The Daily Iowan is also notable for its long-running humor column, The Ledge. The Ledge is currently written by Andrew Juhl. Past regular contributers include: Eric Fomon, Josh Bald, Jesse Ammermann, and many others.