Iowa State Daily
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The Iowa State Daily Publication Board |
| Editor | Zach Thompson |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Headquarters | 108 Hamilton Hall Ames, IA 50011 United States |
| Circulation | 12,500 daily |
| Official website | www.iowastatedaily.com |
The Iowa State Daily is an independent student newspaper serving Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, that is published in print and online. It was founded in 1890, and is largely funded by advertising revenues. The Government of the Student Body helps pay for its free distribution on campus.[1]
The paper is published five days a week during the fall and winter semesters, and twice weekly (Tuesdays and Thursdays) during the summer. The Daily printed circulation is 12,500.
On March 22, 2007, the Daily launched AMUSE, which is published every Thursday. It is a guide to entertainment in Ames for the upcoming weekend and contains special interest articles.
Mark Witherspoon has served as the editorial adviser since 1999. Beginning in the fall of 2006, he became a full-time adviser.
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[edit] Iowa State Daily Staff
| Term | Editor in Chief | Online Editors | Managing Editors | News Editors | Features / A&E Editors | Sports Editors | Opinion Editors | Photo Editors | Design Chiefs | Copy Chiefs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2006 | Pat Brown | Joel Broughton, Jason Shaw | Amber Saunders, Tara Flockhart | Kevin Stillman, Dan Moylan, Pat Shaver, Shelly Leonard | Rob Lombardi | Chris Conetzkey, Cody Saveraid | Charlie Litchfield | Kelsey Ehlers, Megan Steenson | Josh Hillman | |
| Spring 2007 | Josh Hillman and Dan McClanahan | Shelly Leonard, Pat Shaver, Dan Moylan, Beth Dunham | John Askew, Sadé Carpenter | Aaron Gott, Theodore Wolff | Emily Sadler | Unknown | Thomas Grundmeier and Jolene Gilbert | |||
| Summer 2007 | Pat Shaver | Emily Sadler | Marjorie Smith, Greg Applebee | James Heggen | Anthony Capps | Chris Conetzkey | Etse Sikanku | Ross LaDue | Ashley Crouthamel | Thomas Grundmeier |
| Fall 2007 | Chris Conetzkey and Tara Flockhart | Amber Saunders | James Heggen, Rashah McChesney, Kyle Miller | John Askew and Anthony Capps | Kyle Oppenhuizen, Nick Paulson | Josh Hillman | Ross LaDue, Josh Harrell | Ashley Crouthamel, Megan Steenson | ||
| Spring 2008 | John Askew and Tara Flockhart | Chris Conetzkey | James Heggen, Thomas Grundmeier, Ross Boettcher | Anthony Capps and Holly Johannsen | Rashah McChesney, Josh Harrell, Trevor Patch | Ashley Crouthamel, Patrick Crowley | Bill Cleary, Zach Thompson | |||
| Summer 2008 | Josh Hillman | Trevor Patch | Holly Johannsen | Jennifer Dryden, Zach Thompson | Emily Bishop | Matt Gubbels | Ryan Frederick | Rashah McChesney | Ashley Crouthamel | Nia Balvanz |
| Term | Editor in Chief | Online Editors | Visuals Editor | News Editors | Features / A&E Editors | Sports Editors | Opinion Editors | Photo Editors | Copy Chiefs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2008 | Chris Conetzkey | Thomas Grundmeier, John Askew | Rashah McChesney | James Heggen, Jennifer Dryden, Kim Norvell, Dylan Boyle | Anthony Capps, Emily Bishop, Sarah Haas | Kyle Oppenhuizen, Michael Zogg, Nate Sandell | Ryan Frederick, Jessica Opoien | Manfred Strait, Jon Lemons | Zach Thompson, Nia Balvanz |
| Spring 2009 | Rob Wormley, Jenna Nikkel, Josh LaVille | Zach Thompson | James Heggen, Kim Norvell, Sarah Haas, Dylan Boyle | Rachel Trampel | Jessica Opoien | Manfred Strait, Rashah McChesney | Nia Balvanz, Megan Krueger |
| Term | Editor in Chief | Online | Managing Editor | Opinion | Photo | Copy | Marketing | Advertising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2009 | Zach Thompson | Rob Wormley | Dylan Boyle (content) | Sophie Prell | Laurel Scott, Logan Gaedke | Heather Johnson | Amanda Fray |
| Term | Editor in Chief | Online | Managing Editors | News | Sports | Features | Opinion | Photo | Copy | Marketing | Advertising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2009 | Zach Thompson | John Schultz | Rob Wormley (visuals), Kim Norvell (content) | Sarah Haas, Allison Suesse, Dylan Boyle | Nate Sandell, Jake Lovett and Kayci Woodley | Anthony Capps (entertainment), Kyle Peterson (business) | Sophie Prell, David Riegner | Laurel Scott, Logan Gaedke, Valerie Allen | Torey Robinson, Heather Johnson | Amanda Fray |
[edit] History
In the spring of 1890, The Clipper was founded by a group of students led by F.E. Davidson at the Iowa Agricultural College. It was done without any support from the college or officials. The publication led the way for the Iowa Agricultural College Student, which formally launched on August 7, 1890. It was printed at Ames Intelligencer.
The first issue stated:
| “ | We shall try to publish a college newspaper. The Iowa Agricultural College is our field and we shall endeavor to advance the institute in every manner possible. We shall not attempt to run scientific or literary magazine, and we doubt if there is a demand for our ideas on politics and religion. It is our object to create a genuine college newspaper, one free from all alliances, and in this work we invite all the friends of the institute to help us.[2] | ” |
Seven issues later, the Student wrote:
| “ | Notwithstanding the prophesies of unfriendly critics, The Student has grown and prospered. We have endeavored to make it truly a students' newspaper - a record of what they think and how they act. | ” |
The Iowa Agricultural College Student was a bi-weekly newspaper until 1894, when it began publishing on a weekly basis at the cost of about 5 to 10 cents per issue.
In March 1897, the I.A.C. Student was formally renamed The Student as it went from 8 pages to around 16 pages per issue. In 1900, The Student began publication twice a week. Two years later the newspaper was renamed yet again, this time to The Iowa State Student. It was about this time that the first courses in journalism were offered at Iowa State. In fall of 1905, a course in agricultural journalism was added to the course catalog. Home Economic students received a journalism course in 1911. Engineering journalism was added in 1920. The Department of Technical Journalism was created in 1927.
During the newspaper's first 25 years it began to make a transition from personal and editorial-based stories to more news stories such as the assassination of President William McKinley, the fire that burnt down the Old Maine Building, and the death of the college's former president William M. Beardshear. Most of the news stories were positive reports on the school's developments. Critical stories were rare but The Student did run a few. Sports coverage was another important coverage area. Baseball and football had been essentials at I.A.C for years, but basketball also became a popular sport, even though it took a while for the college to pick up on its popularity.
On September 14, 1914, the newspaper undertook the task of publishing three days a week. The Student also accepted some suggestions by then university president Raymond Pearson. An editorial board made up of a couple faculty and about half a dozen students would have complete control over the editorial and business aspect of each issue. The paper would also be very cautious of printing anything to critical as to protect the reader. The newspaper's size also declined during this period to only about four pages by 1918 because of the war.
In 1924, the Student united with Iowa Agriculturalist, Iowa Homemaker, and Iowa Engineer to create the Collegiate Press (later called the Iowa State University Press). The Collegiate Press and the College agreed to establish it as a nonprofit corporation and the College set aside the east basement of Agricultural Hall for printing. The acquiring of a Model A Duplex Press in 1926, allowed for morning publication.
During the 1920s and 1930s The Iowa State Student focused on everything at Iowa State and left state, national and even city headlines out. The construction of the Memorial Union, the addition of new bells at the Campanile, the first VEISHEA celebrations, and the shocking death of football player Jack Trice were heavily covered.
In March 1938, The Iowa State Student began publishing five times a week and was renamed The Iowa State Daily Student.
An agreement between the College and the Collegiate Press resulted in the building of Collegiate Press Building. The building was renamed to "Press Building" in 1956, and to its current name of "Hamilton Hall" in 1984, after Carl Hamilton, who served for three years as head of the Department of Technical Journalism as well as two years in University Relations, and 17 years as Vice President for Information and Development. Hamilton also served as editor of The Iowa State Student from 1934 - 1935.
During the World War II, The Iowa State Daily Student was forced to reduce the size from eight pages to four pages. By 1942, nearly every story and advertisement was linked to the campus's war effort and included sections "War Detail" and "Iowa State Men in the Services."
Women were also largely covered during this time with a section entitled "Women in Society." This is due to the fact that a lot of Iowa State's men had gone to fight in the war.
After the war, the newspaper began to publish stories for a wider audience, and not just for the students of Iowa State. On June 8, 1947, The Iowa State Daily Student was renamed The Iowa State Daily. Then editor Lee Schwanz observed that the generation on campus was made up of people who had been in the war and been to Europe and the Pacific, so he made a move toward covering more international, national, state, and local news.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.iowastatedaily.com/our_newspaper/about_us/
- ^ Iowa Agricultural College Student, August 7, 1890
[edit] External links
- Iowa State Daily Online
- Iowa State Daily Video
- History of the Iowa State Daily
- Iowa Newspaper Association
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